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rugs

rugs is the plural of rug.

Meaning of rug

Noun

rug (plural rugs)

  1. A partial covering for a floor.
  2. (Australia, UK) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
    • They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.1855, William Howitt, A Boy′s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert′s Note-Book, page 254
  3. (archaic, historical) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
    • They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.1577, Raphaell Holinshed; Richarde Stanyhurst [i.e., Richard Stanihurst], “The Historie of Irelande […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I...
  4. (archaic, historical) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
  5. (obsolete, rare) A person wearing a rug.
  6. A cloth covering for a horse.

See all 14 meanings of rug

Noun capitalized: Rugs

Rugs

  1. (plural) plural of Rug

Phrases with rugs

Words that rhyme with rugs

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Questions about rugs

What is rugs the plural of?
Rugs is the plural of rug.
What part of speech is rugs?
Rugs is a noun.

Words near rugs in the dictionary

  1. rugpulled
  2. rugpulling
  3. rugpulls
  4. rugrat
  5. rugrats
  6. rugs
  7. rugs up
  8. rugula
  9. rugulach
  10. rugulas
  11. rugulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rugs (page history and authors); Rugs (page history and authors); rug (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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