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carpet burns

carpet burns is the plural of carpet burn.

Meaning of carpet burn

Noun

carpet burn (plural carpet burns)

  1. A skin injury caused by friction with a carpet or similar surface.
    • More unusual marks occur when a child is pushed against a patterned object, such as the imprint of a carpet or a carpet burn where the child's body skids along the carpet.1996, Kim R.Oates, The Spectrum of Child Abuse: assessment, treatment, and prevention, page 51

Questions about carpet burns

What is carpet burns the plural of?
Carpet burns is the plural of carpet burn.

Words near carpet burns in the dictionary

  1. carpet bowling
  2. carpet bowls
  3. carpet bugle
  4. carpet bugles
  5. carpet burn
  6. carpet burns
  7. carpet dance
  8. carpet dances
  9. carpet duster
  10. carpet dusters
  11. carpet fitter

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