uncarpeted
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈkɑːrpɪtɪd/
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- An uncarpeted staircase was off to one side, narrow enough to make Harry wonder how people on the floors above could get a couch or refrigerator into their places.
- uncarpeted floor
- uncarpeted stairs
- uncarpeted hallway
Examples
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When I wake in the morning, a breathing blue blur is lying on the uncarpeted floor next to me.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Where did this come from?" she asked strangely, her voice echoing slightly in the uncarpeted, high-ceilinged room.
Fiction book (1997) -
I followed her slow, heavy progress up uncarpeted stairs to a second floor that had few rooms but was so well lit my eyes hurt.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Cake!" Mrs. Johnson called, and her footsteps thumped the uncarpeted stairs.
Fiction book (2001) -
I heard the slow scrape of his chair legs on the uncarpeted floor, and soon he appeared standing at the entrance of his hermitage.
Academic text (2011) -
They were a little chilly now from resting so long on the uncarpeted floor, but that was all.
Fiction book (2001) -
At the end of the hallway, a narrow uncarpeted wooden stairway led upward into darkness.
Fiction book (1997) -
The room Beatrice led Sue into was almost empty, uncarpeted, dimly lit, and painted a shining white.
Fiction book (1995) -
With uncarpeted floors, echoes, higher ceilings, and lockers along the wall, the hallway sounds and feels quite different from a classroom.
Academic text (1998) -
The room Beatrice led Sue into was almost empty, uncarpeted, dimly lit, and painted a shining white.
Synonyms
A room or floor without a carpet
Antonyms
How Carpeted
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncarpeted breaks into un- and carpet, where un- means 'not' and carpet means 'a floor covering'. So an uncarpeted room is simply 'not covered' by a carpet, which is why floors feel cold and footsteps sound louder.