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carpet

Main Entry:: car·pet
Pronunciation:: \ˈkär-pət\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Middle French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pluck, modification of Latin carpere to pluck — more at harvest
Date:: 15th century

1: a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering; also : a floor covering made of this fabric2: a surface or layer resembling or suggesting a carpet

— carpet transitive verb

— on the carpet

: before an authority for censure or reproof <got called on the carpet by his boss>

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