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Used with adjectives:
"
The hotel room has shag carpet."
(shag, soft, thick, oriental, Persian)
"
We should replace the stained carpet."
(stained, worn, frayed, dirty)
"
The story was about a flying carpet."
(flying, magic)
"
The house has wall-to-wall carpet."
(wall-to-wall)
"
We decided to install patterned carpet."
(patterned, wool, plain)
Used with verbs:
"
This company makes carpet."
(makes, weaves, installs, lays)
"
We need to clean the carpet."
(clean, vacuum, wash, shampoo, replace)
"
We rolled up the carpet to see what was underneath."
(rolled up, rolled back, pulled up, unrolled)
Used with nouns:
"
I need to purchase a roll of carpet."
(roll, piece)
"
We like this carpet design."
(design, pattern, style)
"
They're installing carpet tiles."
(tiles, runners, tacks)
"
I'm a carpet cleaner."
(cleaner, sweeper, manufacturer, weaver)
