Carpeted - 2 dictionary results
| car·pet
(kär'pĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.
To cover with or as if with a carpet: carpet the stairs; snow that carpeted the sidewalks. [Middle English, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpīta, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire, to pluck, from Latin carpere; see kerp- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| carpeted | |
adjective | |
| covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination; "the carpeted hallway"; "a flower-carpeted hillside" [ant: uncarpeted] |
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