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Brussels carpet

Brussels carpet noun: a kind of carpet made of wool fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread.

Noun

Brussels carpet (plural Brussels carpets)

  1. A kind of carpet made of wool fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread.
    • There is a Brussels carpet; a table of brightly varnished, heavily grained yellow pine built by a long-dead local joiner; wallpaper with cowed brown flowers […].1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 19

Forms of Brussels carpet

pluralBrussels carpets

Questions about Brussels carpet

What does Brussels carpet mean?
Brussels carpet means a kind of carpet made of wool fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread.
What part of speech is Brussels carpet?
Brussels carpet is a noun.
What is the plural of Brussels carpet?
The plural of Brussels carpet is Brussels carpets.

Words near Brussels carpet in the dictionary

  1. Brusselians
  2. Brusselization
  3. Brusselkale
  4. Brusselkales
  5. Brussels
  6. Brussels carpet
  7. Brussels carpets
  8. Brussels effect
  9. Brussels English
  10. Brussels griffon
  11. Brussels griffons

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