carpet

noun

car·​pet ˈkär-pət 

1

: a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering

also : a floor covering made of this fabric

2

: a surface or layer resembling or suggesting a carpet

carpet verb

see also:

on the carpet

Examples of carpet in a Sentence

We bought a new carpet for the bedroom.

Which brand of carpet did you choose?

The ground was covered by a carpet of leaves.

Recent Examples on the Web

Halsey and her fiancé Avan Jogia coordinated in Rahul Mishra couture on Saturday at Gold House’s fifth annual Gold Gala in Los Angeles, with the singer taking look 30 from the designer’s spring 2024 couture collection off the runway and onto the gold carpet. —Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 May 2026

Elsewhere, fibers are spun into thread, dyed, bleached, and rewoven into rugs, carpets and blankets. —Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026

The comedian's two sons, Oliver and Henry Short, joined him on the carpet and posed together for photos. —Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 May 2026

According to the Cleveland Clinic, mold needs moisture, oxygen, moderate temperatures and an organic food source like drywall, wood, carpet or paper. —Ryan Brennan may 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pluck, modification of Latin carpere to pluck — more at harvest

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing carpet

• Brussels carpet
• call (someone) on the carpet
• carpet beetle
• carpet-bomb
• carpet slipper
• carpet sweeper
• magic carpet
• on the carpet
• red-carpet
• roll out the red carpet
• sweep (something) under the carpet
• tapestry carpet

Kids Definition

carpet

noun

car·​pet ˈkär-pət 

1

: a heavy fabric used especially as a floor covering

2

: a covering like a carpet

carpet verb