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♦ carpet /ˈkɑ:pɪt/n.1 (= fitted carpet, GB; wall-to-wall carpet, USA) moquette; DIALOGO → - Building work- The builders have covered all the carpets, but there's still dust everywhere, i muratori hanno coperto tutta la moquette ma c'è ancora polvere ovunque3 (fig.) tappeto; coltre; manto: a carpet of daisies, un tappeto di margheritine; a carpet of fresh snow, un manto di neve fresca● carpet bag, sacca da viaggio □ carpet bed, aiuola con fiori che formano un disegno □ (zool.) carpet beetle ( Anthrenus), antreno □ carpet cleaner, battitappeto; lavamoquette □ carpet fitter, posatore di moquette □ carpet fitting, posa in opera di moquette □ (arc.) carpet knight, eroe da salotto □ carpet rods, aste fermaguida □ carpet slipper, pantofola chiusa □ (zool.) carpet snake, ( Morelia spilotes) pitone diamantino; ( Lycodon aulicus) licodonte aulico □ carpet-sweeper, battitappeto □ carpet tile, riquadro di moquette □ carpet underlay, sottotappeto □ on the carpet, sul tappeto, in discussione □ (fam., di persona) to be on the carpet, prendersi una lavata di capo (o un cicchetto); essere strigliato; essere cicchettato □ (fam.) to pull the carpet from under sb. 's feet, ritirare il proprio appoggio a q., mollare q. □ to sweep st. under the carpet, (cercare di) far passare qc. sotto silenzio; nascondere qc.(to) carpet /ˈkɑ:pɪt/v. t.4 (fam.) fare una lavata di capo a; strigliare; fare un cicchetto a; cicchettare.
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Carpet snake — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet snake — may refer to:* Morelia spilota variegata , a.k.a. the Northwestern carpet python, a harmless python subspecies found in New Guinea and Australia. * Pituophis melanoleucus , a.k.a. the pine snake, a harmless colubrid species found in North America … Wikipedia
carpet snake — noun Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back • Syn: ↑Python variegatus, ↑Morelia spilotes variegatus • Hypernyms: ↑python * * * noun Etymology: perhaps so called from its variegated coloring 1 … Useful english dictionary
carpet snake — a large, nonvenomous Australian python, Morelia spilotes variegata, having a variegated pattern on its back, often used to control rats and mice in barns and silos. [1860 65] * * * … Universalium
carpet snake — /ˈkapət sneɪk / (say kahpuht snayk) noun a large, non venomous Australian python, Morelia spilotes variegata, with a particoloured pattern on its skin, often used in silos and barns to control rodent pests …
Carpet — Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet beetle — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet bug — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet knight — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet moth — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carpet sweeper — Carpet Car pet (k[aum]r p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo s fruit, E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English