carpet

A thick, soft material used to cover a floor.

• The carpet feels soft under my feet.
• We bought new carpets for the bedrooms.
• Please wipe your shoes before stepping on the carpet.

Similar words: carpeting

Common phrases: fitted carpet, carpet on something, carpet cleaner

A thick layer of something that covers a surface.

• A carpet of snow covered the fields.
• We walked across a soft carpet of moss.
• The garden became a carpet of yellow flowers.

How to use it: a carpet of something (A carpet of leaves covered the path.)

Similar words: layer, covering, blanket

Common phrases: carpet of leaves, carpet of snow, carpet of flowers

To cover a floor or room with a thick, soft material.

• We plan to carpet the bedroom.
• They carpeted the stairs last week.
• The entire office is carpeted in blue.

Common phrases: carpet a room, carpet the stairs, carpet a floor

To cover a surface completely with a layer of something.

• Leaves carpeted the ground.
• The hillside was carpeted with wild flowers.
• Broken glass carpets the road after the crash.

How to use it: be carpeted with something (The path was carpeted with fallen leaves.)

Similar words: cover, blanket

Common phrases: carpet the ground, carpet the forest, carpet with something