1
: a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering
also
: a floor covering made of this fabric
2
: a surface or layer resembling or suggesting a carpet
carpet
verb
Examples of carpet in a Sentence
We bought a new carpet for the bedroom.
Which brand of carpet did you choose?
The ground was covered by a carpet of leaves.
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Ortega walked the carpet in a glen plaid suit from Oscar de la Renta‘s fall 2025 collection, adding on a burgundy button-up and matching satin tie.
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 9 Mar. 2025
Lively did interviews with the SXSW house crew and Amazon Prime social team before heading inside, not speaking with other reporters on the carpet.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
While walking the carpet, Wentz and his boys stopped to smile for a sweet picture, in which Bronx stood nearly taller than his dad when standing beside him.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
In recent years, northwest Georgia counties have sued carpet and chemical companies to clean up the chemicals, which require expensive filtering technology upgrades.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 9 Mar. 2025
Lively did interviews with the SXSW house crew and Amazon Prime social team before heading inside, not speaking with other reporters on the carpet.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
While walking the carpet, Wentz and his boys stopped to smile for a sweet picture, in which Bronx stood nearly taller than his dad when standing beside him.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
In recent years, northwest Georgia counties have sued carpet and chemical companies to clean up the chemicals, which require expensive filtering technology upgrades.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carpet
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“Carpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpet. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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carpet
noun
car·pet
ˈkär-pət 
1
: a heavy fabric used especially as a floor covering
2
: a covering like a carpet
carpet
verb
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