carpeting
English
Noun
carpeting (usually uncountable, plural carpetings)
- Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
- As part of the restoration of the house, they took up the carpeting and left the hardwood floors exposed.
- Cloth or materials for carpets.
- (informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.
- She got a carpeting from the boss.
Synonyms
- See carpet.
Verb
carpeting
- present participle of carpet
- She considered carpeting her bedroom floor to cover the blood stains in the floorboards.
Anagrams
- peracting, preacting