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CARPET BEATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpet beater mean? 

CARPET BEATER (noun)
  The noun CARPET BEATER has 1 sense:

1. implement for beating dust out of carpetsplay

  Familiarity information: CARPET BEATER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARPET BEATER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Implement for beating dust out of carpets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carpet beater; rug beater

Hypernyms ("carpet beater" is a kind of...):

beater (an implement for beating)

Meronyms (parts of "carpet beater"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)


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