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carpeting

American  
[kahr-pi-ting] / ˈkɑr pɪ tɪŋ /

noun

  1. material for carpets.

  2. carpets in general.

carpeting British  
/ ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ /

noun

  1. carpet material or carpets in general

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Etymology

Origin of carpeting

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

Example Sentences

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Another lounging room has zebra-print carpeting and a matching zebra-print couch.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

Called bonus depreciation, the tax break applies to purchases such as new carpeting or appliances for owners of rental properties, or new computer equipment or a vehicle for business owners.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

Flora Baumbach, about to rise with the found pin, quickly sank down again to protect her sore shin in the shag carpeting.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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