Antonyms for carpeting

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kahr-pi-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr pɪ tɪŋ

Definition of carpeting

Origin : 1758, verbal noun from carpet (v.).

As in rug : noun carpet
As in flooring : noun floor covering
As in carpet : noun nappy floor covering
As in chew out : verb scold
As in cover : verb wrap, hide
As in dress down : verb scold

Example sentences :

Or, if the carpeting is not convenient, piece a covering of worsteds.
Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. » by Various

It is calculated that one of these balls will weave about a yard of carpeting.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

He moved up behind her, his footsteps muffled by the carpeting.
Extract from : « Operation Haystack » by Frank Patrick Herbert

Her skirts must indeed have brushed the carpeting of those steps scores of times.
Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy

But with us he was obliged to make his couch on some old pieces of carpeting.
Extract from : « The Pansy Magazine, August 1886 » by Various

The platform is covered, as is the floor, with Brussels carpeting.
Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various

Here, doubtless, the birds had got some of their carpeting material.
Extract from : « Riverby » by John Burroughs

At the outer side of the cot, another strip of carpeting was placed.
Extract from : « Pierre; or The Ambiguities » by Herman Melville

There were no trees, no flowers, no carpeting grass, to brighten the desolation.
Extract from : « Sunny Slopes » by Ethel Hueston

He was dressed in a complete suit of brilliant Brussels carpeting.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 79, May, 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for carpeting

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