carpeting
carpeting noun: carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal. Also the present participle and gerund of carpet.
Noun
carpeting (usually uncountable, plural carpetings)
- Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
- As part of the restoration of the house, they took up the carpeting and left the hardwood floors exposed.
- Cloth or materials for carpets.
- A severe reprimand or telling-off.
- She got a carpeting from the boss.
Also used as
carpeting is also the present participle and gerund of carpet.
Examples of carpeting in a sentence
- The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house.
- We tore out the old carpeting to reveal the wood floor underneath.
- It was oval, and shockingly red with ruby colored carpeting meeting walls of glistening claret.
Synonyms of carpeting
Forms of carpeting
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Questions about carpeting
- What does carpeting mean?
- Carpeting means carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
- What part of speech is carpeting?
- Carpeting is a noun.
- What is the plural of carpeting?
- The plural of carpeting is carpetings.
Words near carpeting in the dictionary
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