Carpet in american english.
American english word for carpet.
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Definition of be called on the carpet phrase.
Thick material for covering floors often made of wool.
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Anything like a carpet.
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2 countable a piece of carpet used as a floor covering especially when shaped to fit a room to lay a carpet a bedroom carpet we have wall to wall carpets in our house.
A thick heavy fabric of wool cotton or synthetic fibers for covering a floor stairs etc.
For covering floors or stairs a roll of carpet.
1 uncountable a thick woven material made of wool etc.
A shaped piece of thick material used for covering floors.
It is woven usually with a pile or felted.
See carpeting red carpet rug.
A strip or several joined strips of such fabric.
To be criticized by someone in authority be called on the carpet phrase american english definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary collocations.
The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders.
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