London vs Carpet - What's the difference?
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The capital city of the United Kingdom and of England, situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000.
A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
A city in Ohio, USA, with a population of approximately 9,000.
A city in Kentucky, USA, with a population of approximately 8,000.
A city in Arkansas, USA, with a population of approximately 900.
A city in California, USA, with a population of approximately 1,800.
A community in Texas, USA, with a population of approximately 180.
A community in West Virginia, USA.
A settlement in Kiribati, on Easter Island.
for someone from London.
(rare) transferred from the place name.
* 2012 (Louise Erdrich), The Round House , Corsair (2013), ISBN 9781472108166, page 178:
(en noun) (uncountable and countable)
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
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*:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
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, chapter=1 (label) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:the grassy carpet of this plain
(label) A wrought cover for tables.
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets.
A woman's pubic hair.
To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
To substantially cover something, like a carpet; to blanket something.
(UK) To reprimand.
* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 428:
As a proper noun London
is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England, situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000.As a noun carpet is
a fabric used as a complete floor covering.As a verb carpet is
to lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.london
English
(wikipedia)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London .
Derived terms
* City of London * Greater London * London broil * Londoner * Londonish * Londonism * Londonistan * Londonize * London Bridge * London moment * London paste * London plane * Londonphile * London pride * London rocket * London Underground * London weighting * Multicultural London English * New London * Tower of LondonSee also
* the City * CockneyStatistics
*Anagrams
*References
* 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198527586 English surnames ----carpet
English
Noun
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Usage notes
The terms carpet and (m) are often used interchangeably, but various distinctions are drawn. Most often, a rug is loose and covers part of a floor, while a carpet covers most or all of the floor (hence typically square), and may be loose or attached, while a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall. Another distinction is quality: a rug may be coarser, while a carpet is higher quality and has finished ends. Initially carpet referred primarily to table and wall coverings, today called (m) or (m) – the use of the term for floor coverings dates to the 18th century, following trade with Persia.Derived terms
* carpetbag * carpet beetle * carpet bombing * carpet burn * carpeting * carpet knight * carpet muncher * carpet weed * flying carpet * magic carpet * on the carpet * call on the carpetExternal links
* (wikipedia "carpet")Verb
(en verb)- 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.
- Even Colonel Yakov, so recently carpeted by St Petersburg, was reported to be back in the Pamirs.