floor cover
- noun
:
cubierta de suelo
- Installing a stylish floor cover can enhance the overall appearance of any space.
Examples
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She chose vinyl as her floor cover because it is both durable and easy to clean.
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The new carpet acts as a beautiful floor cover that adds warmth to the living room.
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Ahead of me and to the right, shadows engulfed the floor and the beams, but the lights continued on the left where more wood had been dropped to make a crude floor cover.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A thick piece of cloth placed on the floor for warmth or decoration
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1.9
A thick soft cover for a large area of a floor, like in a living room
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2.5
Material like wood, tile or carpet that covers a floor
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1.1
A thing placed over something to protect or hide it
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3.4
A material placed on a floor to protect it and make it look nice
A material builders use to cover and protect floors, walls, or roofs
A heavy cloth laid on a floor to protect and decorate it
A small mat you can move that covers part of a floor
How Durable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derivable from 'floor' (the room's bottom surface) + 'cover' (something that covers). This composition follows a common noun-noun pattern (a cover for the floor) and is cross-linguistically obvious, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Floor cover comes from the simple idea of something that covers the floor, like a rug or mat placed over rough boards to protect them and make the room look nicer. That's why it means 'a material used to protect or decorate a floor'.