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carpeted

The correct spelling is carpeted.

How to pronounce carpeted

verb

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The correct spelling is carpeted. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area. For example: "After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring."

Usage Examples

After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.

Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
  2. 2.To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
  3. 3.To reprimand.

adjective

  1. 1.(of a room in a building) Floored with a carpet.

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