carpet loom
- noun
- /ˈkɑːrpɪt luːm/
- Specialized
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telar de alfombra
- The artisans worked diligently on the carpet loom, creating intricate patterns for the new collection.
Examples
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I have a carpet loom in Aleppo.
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She inherited her grandmother's carpet loom and started weaving beautiful rugs in her living room.
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At the exhibition, visitors admired the traditional carpet loom that showcased the art of weaving carpets.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'carpet loom' is a loom used for weaving carpets, so a learner who knows 'carpet' and 'loom' can infer the compound's referent. This noun+noun compounding is a transparent and common pattern cross-linguistically, making the phrase immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun carpet loom comes from the simple image of a loom made to weave a carpet. Imagine a large, strong wooden frame where workers push thick threads together to make a heavy 'rug', so the term means a loom built especially for weaving carpets.