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Look up: Carpet

  1. Carpet
    Carpet is a thick fabric, often made of wool, used for covering a floor. It is made by knotting short lengths of yarn to the warp threads during weaving.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. carpet
    [v] - form a carpet-like cover (over) 2. [v] - cover completely, as if with a carpet 3. [v] - cover with a carpet, as of the floors of rooms
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. carpet
    Thick textile fabric, generally made of wool, used for covering floors and stairs. There is a long tradition of fine handmade carpets in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, and China. Western carpets...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. Carpet
    Rocket based mine clearing system, Rafael [IL]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  5. Carpet
    A wearing course of bituminous material not more than 25mm thick used for resurfacing an existing road.
    Found on http://rugby.cemex.co.uk/crossproductpag

  6. Carpet
    Car'pet (kär'pĕt) noun [ Old French carpite rug, soft of cloth, French carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. Italian carpita rug, blanket), Late Latin carpeta , carpita , woolly cloths, from Latin carpere to pluck, to card (wool); confer Greek karpo`s fruit, English Harvest .] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/28

  7. Carpet
    Car'pet transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Carpeted ; present participle & verbal noun Carpeting .] To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. « Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/28

  8. carpet
    verb cover with a carpet; `carpet the floors of the house`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. carpet
    verb form a carpet-like cover (over)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Carpet
    A `carpet` is any loom-woven, felted textile or grass floor covering. The term was also used for table and wall coverings, as carpets were not commonly used on the floor in European interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in Central Asia between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC. Carpet-making was introduced to Spain in 10th century by the Moors. The Crusades brought Turkish carpets to all of Europe, where t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet

  11. Carpet
    • (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. • (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. • (n.) 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 nai...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. carpet
    carpet, carpeting, carpeted 1. A heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors. 2. A covering made of this material. 3. Any relatively soft surface or covering like a carpet: 'That evening we walked on a carpet of new mowed grass.' 4. Any of a number of airborne electronic devices for jamming radar. 5. To cover or furnish with or as with a carpet. 6. On t...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. carpet
    carpet or rug,thick fabric, usually woolen (but often synthetic), commonly used today as a floor covering.Sections in this article:IntroductionCarpet Types and Modern ManufacturesEarly HistoryOriental CarpetsEuropean CarpetsOther RugsBibliography
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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24 November 2009

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On Sunday, November 24th, 1991, Freddie Mercury died peacefully at his home in London of AIDS related bronchial pneumonia. Freddie was cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery in accordance with his religion. Many stars from the world or music and showbiz attended the service, including friends Elton John and David Bowie. On April 20th, 1992 a tribute concert in Freddie's memory was held at Wembley Stadium. Tickets to the gig sold out in a matter of hours, even before the full list of bands was available. Many of the worlds most famous rock stars took part in it. This concert was later released on DVD and video for all to enjoy, with the proceeds going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust. read more

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