Meaning of carpet In English

• 0 (a shaped piece of) thick material used for covering floors:

  • We've just had a new carpet fitted/laid in our bedroom.

  • UK We've got fitted (= cut to fit exactly) carpets in the bedrooms.

  • a carpet of snow

  • Our lawn is a carpet of daisies.

• 1 to cover something with carpet:

  • We need to carpet the stairs.

  • In spring this area is carpeted with bluebells.

• 2 to severely criticize someone who has made a mistake

• 3 thick, woven material for covering floors, or a piece of this material

• 4 to cover a floor surface with a carpet