See Also: memorial 1, adjective(dictionary)
carpet(1)(dictionary)
carpet(2)(dictionary)
rug and carpet(encyclopedia)
carpet (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Aubusson carpet(encyclopedia)
Axminster carpet(encyclopedia)
Carpet Joint(casino)
TAI PING CARPET(finance)
magic carpet(dictionary)

carpet(1) (iou) and memorial 1, adjective (oh)


carpet(1) (iou)



carpet noun. ME.
[Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita from Italian carpita woollen counterpane, corresp. to French charpie lint, use as noun of pa. pple of charpir from Proto-Romance var. of Latin carpere pluck, pull to pieces.]
A thick usu. woollen fabric used as a cover for beds, tables, etc.; a piece of this; a tablecloth. obsolete exc. in on the carpet (a) below. ME.
A piece of thick fabric, made in one piece or of lengths joined together, often woven in a pattern of colours, used for covering a floor, stairway, etc.; material for this, carpeting. Also, with specifying word, a rug, esp. a large oriental rug. LME.
Axminster carpet, Brussels carpet, Exeter carpet, Kilim carpet, oriental carpet, Persian carpet, Turkey carpet, Turkish carpet, Turkoman carpet, velvet carpet, Venetian carpet, etc.
fig. A smooth, soft, or bright covering or expanse, as of grass or flowers, resembling a carpet. L16.
b. The ground. slang. L19.
In full carpet-moth. Any of various geometrid moths with variegated colouring. M19.
Phrases: Magic carpet: see Magic adjective. on the carpet fig. (a) under discussion; (b) colloq. being reprimanded. red carpet: see RED adjective. sweep a thing under the carpet: see SWEEP verb.
Comb.: carpet-bag noun & verb (a) noun a Travel bag, orig. made of carpet; (b) verb intrans. (derog., chiefly US) Travel lightly, be a carpet-bagger; carpet-bagger (derog., chiefly US) a person seeking to achieve political Success or private gain in a place with which he is unconnected (orig. spec. a northerner in the southern US after the Civil War); carpet-bed a Garden bed with dwarf plants arranged densely in a pattern; carpet beetle any of various dermestid beetles of the genus Anthrenus, whose larvae are destructive to carpets etc.; carpet bombing the dropping of a large number of bombs uniformly over an area; carpet Dance an informal Dance for which the carpet is not taken up; carpet knight arch. an idler, a philanderer, a ladies' man; carpet-moth: see sense 4 above; carpet-rod a stair-rod; carpet-shark any of several sharks with irregular markings on the back, esp. of the genus Orectolobus; carpet shell (the shell of) any of various bivalve molluscs of the genus Venerupis (family Veneridae), with irregular coloured markings resembling tapestry; carpet slipper a slipper, orig. with upper made of thick material like carpet; carpet-snake (a) a large variegated specimen of the Australian python Python spilotes; (b) (in the Indian subcontinent) a harmless snake which enters houses, esp. a wolf snake, Lycodon aulicus; carpet square a more or less small square of carpet intended to fit together with others as a floor-covering; carpet sweeper a household implement with a revolving brush or brushes for sweeping carpets.

memorial 1, adjective (oh)



done or made in order to remind people of someone who has died
memorial service/ceremony
::A memorial service will be held at 7 pm on Saturday.