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Carpet

A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.

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Broader term 2

Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Furnishing 76% connected

of Furnish

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Drugget 76% connected

A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Runner 76% connected

One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wilton carpet 76% connected

A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rug 74% connected

A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rug 74% connected

A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Edging 70% connected

of Edge

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 2

Carpeting 92% connected

of Carpet

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rug 92% connected

A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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