Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recarpet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-car-pet
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To replace the carpet of.

Transitive verb

verb

To resurface (a road).

Indian usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"We're planning to recarpet the dining room."
"Compared to the last time they'd tangled with the U.S. Navy's carriers, the antiaircraft fire had been much, much more effective, even if the Wildcats hadn't done particularly well in their intercepts. They couldn't know it, of course, but the officer aboard Enterprise who'd recommended recarpeting the ship with 20-mm Oerlikons had, at least partially, been listened to, and the effect on the Japanese Navy's elite aircrews had been devastating."

Etymology

From re- + carpet.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Inflected Forms

recarpets (present, singular) recarpeting (participle, present) recarpeted (participle, past) recarpeted (past)

Questions

What does recarpet mean?: To replace the carpet of.
Where does recarpet come from?: From re- + carpet.

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