English-Czech translations for carpet

• koberec
  Nemůžeme tento problém zamést pod koberec! We cannot sweep these problems under the carpet!
  To představuje 4 miliardy EUR, které byly zameteny pod koberec. This represents EUR 4 billion that has been swept under the carpet.
  Když zameteme věci pod koberec, pouze odsouváme problémy na později. When we brush things under the carpet, we store up trouble for the future.

Definition of carpet

• A fabric used as a complete floor covering
• Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
• Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily
• A woman's pubic hair
• To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area
• To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something
• To reprimand

Examples

• After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring
• The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house
• Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema

Related words

• carpeting
• carpetbeater
• carpetbag
• carpetbagger
• carpetmaker
• carpetlayer
• Carpetanian
• carpet bombing
• carpet knife