cut-pile

[ kuht-pahyl ]

/ ˈkʌtˈpaɪl /

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adjective

having a pile with yarns that are cut instead of looped: a cut-pile carpet.

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In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
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My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.
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Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.
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In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.
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Supported by Washington, the domestic quota was cut from 90 days to 30.
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If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
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It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
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At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
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It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
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My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
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