carpeting

[ kahr-pi-ting ]

noun

1. material for carpets.
2. carpets in general.

carpeting

/ ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. carpet material or carpets in general

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpeting¹

First recorded in 1750–60; carpet + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Since her husband installs carpeting, I figured she was probably correct and decided to pass this on to your readers.

From Washington Post

Wading through soggy boxes of books, soaking carpeting, floating dog food bowls and sopping sofas, you might feel paralyzed as to what to do.

From Washington Post

She helped forge the pioneering partnership Net-works, which supports local communities in the Philippines by helping them transform abandoned fishing nets into carpeting.

From Nautilus

Find a safe place—a padded gym floor, soft carpeting, or grass is ideal—and use a spotter if you can.

From Outside Online

If your space has carpeting, you can use paper plates or Frisbees in lieu of socks.

From Outside Online

The carpeting is worn, the furniture is falling apart, and the electricity is out for most of the day.

From The Daily Beast

The village houses are done up in pale gray and mauve and preside over lawns so neat and green they look like carpeting.

From The Daily Beast

And a Missouri Rep.says getting an abortion is a huge decision—like buying a car, or getting new carpeting.

From The Daily Beast

Yep, all the stuff the Clearasil pad missed is fertilizer for the flora carpeting your skin.

From The Daily Beast

The hair was shorn after the gassings, then efficiently dried in the crematoria so it could be industrially spun into carpeting.

From The Daily Beast

Besides its uses for combing, it is extensively manufactured into blankets, carpeting, and many other fabrics.

From Project Gutenberg

That rag carpeting has been rolled up and done up in tobacco and things ever since—most two years.

From Project Gutenberg

You may take the old carpeting you shook to-day; it will do to lay down before your fire-place.

From Project Gutenberg

She caught the girl by the shoulder, and shook her as if she had been a breadth of dusty carpeting; then ran away.

From Project Gutenberg

The carpeting near the rear passenger seats seemed to blur for an instant.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• carpet
• linoleum
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• woodwork