English-Estonian translations for carpet

• vaip
  Ma kahtlen, kas praegu on õige aeg rullida Brüsselis Valgevene juhtide tervituseks lahti punane vaip. I am not sure whether the time has come to roll out the red carpet in Brussels for all the leaders of Belarus.
  Ja viimaseks soovin öelda ühe mõtte vaiba kohta. Vaip on kasulik ese ja teenib teatavat eesmärki - inimesed saavad sellel koguni oma jalgu pühkida. Lastly, one final thought about the carpet: the carpet is a useful accessory, and does us a service: people can even wipe their feet on it.
  Oli ka neid, keda häiris hiigelsuur vaip nõukogu hoones, millel on kujutatud 160 aasta taguse Ungari kaart. Others were disturbed by the giant carpet laid out in the Council building, on which a map of Hungary from 160 years ago is depicted.

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