recarpet

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verb

To replace the carpet of.

“We're planning to recarpet the dining room.”

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Meanings

verbrecarpet (third-person singular simple present recarpets, present participle recarpeting, simple past and past participle recarpeted)

present singular third person recarpets · participle present recarpeting · participle past recarpeted · past recarpeted

  1. transitiveTo replace the carpet of.

    We're planning to recarpet the dining room.

    1 more example

    Compared to the last time they'd tangled with the U.S. Navy's carriers, the antiaircraft fire had been much, much more effective, even if the Wildcats hadn't done particularly well in their intercepts. They couldn't know it, of course, but the officer aboard Enterprise who'd recommended recarpeting the ship with 20-mm Oerlikons had, at least partially, been listened to, and the effect on the Japanese Navy's elite aircrews had been devastating.

    2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 19:47 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
  2. IndiatransitiveTo resurface (a road).

Origin

From re- + carpet.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pretrace
Cite this entry
APA

recarpet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recarpet

MLA

“recarpet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recarpet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recarpet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recarpet.

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