English-Finnish translations for carpet

• matto
  Keskellä tietä oli pelkkä matto ja siinä kaikki. There was a simple carpet in the middle of the road and that was all.
  Berliinin muurin kaatuminen tuo selvästi esille, mitä löydämme, kun matto vedetään pois. The fall of the Berlin wall brought everything swept under the carpet out into the light of day.
  Lopuksi, Bashirille levitetään Lissabonissa punainen matto. Sitä ei ole tarkoitettu vain Mugabelle. Finally, Mr Bashir is going to be given a red carpet welcome in Lisbon: it is not only Mr Mugabe.

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