carpet
Meanings
Plural: carpets
Noun
- floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
- a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet
- "a carpet of flowers"
- "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet"
- A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
- Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
- A wrought cover for tables.
- A woman's pubic hair.
Verb
- form a carpet-like cover (over)
- cover completely, as if with a carpet
- "flowers carpeted the meadows"
- cover with a carpet
- "carpet the floors of the house"
- To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
- To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
- To reprimand.
Origin / Etymology
From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).
Scrabble Score: 10
carpet is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcarpet is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carpet is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
carpet is a valid Words With Friends word