CARPETING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpeting mean? 

• CARPETING (noun)
  The noun CARPETING has 1 sense:

1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

  Familiarity information: CARPETING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPETING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carpet; carpeting; rug

Hypernyms ("carpeting" is a kind of...):

floor cover; floor covering (a covering for a floor)

furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)

Meronyms (parts of "carpeting"):

edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carpeting"):

broadloom (a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams)

Brussels carpet (a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern)

drugget (a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling)

flying carpet ((Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go)

hearthrug (a rug spread out in front of a fireplace)

Kurdistan (an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability)

nammad; numdah; numdah rug (an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt)

prayer mat; prayer rug (a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions)

red carpet (a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on)

runner (a long narrow carpet)

scatter rug; throw rug (a small rug; several can be used in a room)

shag rug (a rug with long pile)

stair-carpet (a strip of carpet for laying on stairs)

Wilton; Wilton carpet (a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile)

Derivation:

carpet (cover with a carpet)

 Context examples 

Go, pick up my things, like a cherub, as you are, said Jo, dropping down under a maple tree, which was carpeting the bank with crimson leaves.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)