carpet

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [U] thick woollen or artificial fabric for covering floors or stairs: a roll of carpet 2 [C] a piece of carpet used as a floor covering, especially when shaped to fit a room: to lay a carpet * a bedroom carpet * (BrE) We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house. seealsoCARPETING, REDCARPET, RUG 3 [C] ~ (of sth) (written) a thick layer of sth on the ground: a carpet of snow IDIOMS (be / get called) on the carpet (informal, especially AmE) called to see sb in authority because you have done sth wrong: I got called on the carpet for being late. moreatSWEEPv. verb [VN] [usuallypassive] 1 to cover the floor of a room with a carpet: The hall was carpeted in blue. 2 ~ sth (with / in sth) (written) to be cover sth with a thick layer of sth: The forest floor was carpeted with wild flowers. 3 (informal, especially BrE) to speak angrily to sb because they have done sth wrong SYNREPRIMAND: Senior officials were carpeted for leaking information to the press.