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# carpet

«carpet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thick cloth that covers a floor** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (carpet, carpets); verb (carpet, carpets, carpeted, carpeting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carpet is a thick cloth that covers a floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#m1)

2) A carpet of something is a thick layer on the ground: «a carpet of leaves». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#m2)

3) To carpet a room is to cover its floor with carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

covering a floor: area, cost per square unit; phrases «red carpet» (special welcome), «magic carpet», «sweep under the carpet» (hide a problem)

### examples

- The room needs a carpet 12 ft by 15 ft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x1)
- Carpet costs 3 dollars a square foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x2)
- How much carpet for a 10 m by 4 m floor? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x3)
- The carpet covers 80 square feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x4)
- Wipe your feet before you walk on the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x5)
- A carpet of snow covered the yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x6)
- The stars walked the red carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x7)
- Aladdin flew on a magic carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x8)
- We sat on the carpet for story time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x9)
- Don't sweep the problem under the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x10)
- Then she brought a little carpet, and spread it upon the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/#x11)

### note

Carpet means area (length × width); cost = area × price per square unit. Trap: not the perimeter. A carpet covers a whole floor; a rug covers part of it.

### In the corpora

- [A vet gives pets flea treatment, and people vacuum carpets and wash pet beds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice/15/)
- [Broken glass and china pieces are sharp and can be hidden in carpets or under furniture for days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/21/)
- [A wet towel left on the floor stays damp, and damp carpet and cloth start to smell and can grow mould.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/19/)
- [Her dad showed her the console just needed space around it for air, and they moved it off the carpet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/16/)
- [On his birthday it crawled across the carpet and fell over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carpet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carpet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.