rug

Definition

Examples

A thick rug covers the wooden floor of the meeting room.

Synonyms

• carpetfloor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
• mata thick flat pad used as a floor covering

Collocations

• Easy soft wool rug on the floor
  describing soft wool rug on the floor (yielding readily to pressure or weight)
• Medium clean the office reception rug thoroughly
  to clean the office reception rug thoroughly, meaning to make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
• Hard oriental antique rug auction valuation
  describing oriental antique rug auction valuation (a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans))
• Very Hard pull the rug out from under our negotiation strategy
  to pull the rug out from under our negotiation strategy, meaning to cause to move by pulling