wall-to-wall carpeting
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3.4
- noun
- /wɔl tə wɔl ˈkɑrpɪtɪŋ/
:
alfombra de pared a pared
- We decided to install wall-to-wall carpeting in our new home to create a cozy atmosphere throughout.
- green wall-to-wall carpeting
- wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedroom
- wall-to-wall carpeting for their home
Examples
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My aunt countered that she'd bought new furniture, paid for the wall-to-wall carpeting, and had shared equally with my mother in the cost of the renovations.
Fiction book (2001) -
Beautiful: wall-to-wall carpeting, a fireplace, pull-out couches, and two bedrooms and baths.
Fiction book (2001) -
The hotel we entered was furnished with cheap modern furniture, and the floor was covered with a rose wall-to-wall carpet.
Fiction book (1997) -
They were measuring the house for the wall-to-wall carpeting you wanted.
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The room was musty, with narrow single beds and red wall-to-wall carpeting.
Fiction book (1992) -
There was afternoon sunlight printing parallelograms on the slate wall-to-wall carpeting in the enormous living room.
Fiction book (1994) -
Wall-to-wall carpeting with matching drapes, and a big, fluffy white couch, nice dining room set, and in the corner... a fountain.
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Their room was drab, with stained wall-to-wall carpeting, an old floral spread, and drapes (red and yellow).
Fiction book (2001) -
The thought of visiting Aunt Heidi's scrubbed and simple apartment, with its polyester café curtains and wall-to-wall carpets, seemed suddenly appealing.
Fiction book (1990) -
The living room had soft, beige wall-to-wall carpeting that made the space feel warm and inviting.
Synonyms
90
1.0
A thick layer that covers a surface like moss or leaves
34
1.9
A thick soft cover for a large area of a floor, like in a living room
Antonyms
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
wall-to-wall + carpeting
The meaning is directly compositional: 'carpeting' is a floor covering and 'wall-to-wall' clearly indicates coverage from one wall to the opposite wall, so a learner who knows 'wall' and 'carpeting' can infer it covers the entire floor. The hyphenated construction signals extent and this logic is common cross‑linguistically, making the expression immediately predictable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Wall-to-wall carpeting comes from the simple image of carpet running from one wall to the other and covering the whole floor. So it now means 'a carpet that covers the entire floor'.