carpeting

noun

car·​pet·​ing ˈkär-pə-tiŋ How to pronounce carpeting (audio)
: material for carpets
also : carpets

Examples of carpeting in a Sentence

The house has wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms.
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Much of the interior woodwork was refinished, new lighting and carpeting were installed, and the 1929 chandeliers were cleaned and polished, Petrone said. Lori Weisberg, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025 Wall-to-wall wood paneling, plaid carpeting, low ceilings, warm lighting, a jukebox, and a pool table that was always busy. The Editors Of Ad, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2025 The $13 million project to update the historic, red brick Carnegie building added 1,500 square feet of space — for a total of 10,200 — and modernized its interiors with new paint, furniture and carpeting, while maintaining its vintage touch. Meira Gebel, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025 The chassis lifts to get over even high doorway dividers, the mops automatically lift when the 10R senses carpet or rugs, and the brushes lift when in mop-only modes or cleaning high-pile carpeting. Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for carpeting 

Word History

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carpeting was in 1758

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“Carpeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpeting. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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carpeting

noun
car·​pet·​ing ˈkär-pət-iŋ How to pronounce carpeting (audio)
: material for carpets
also : carpet sense 1
wall-to-wall carpeting

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