Definition of carpet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carpet

noun

ˈkɑːpɪt

ˈkɑːrpɪt

1 [uncountable] a thick woven material made of wool, etc. for covering floors or stairsa roll of carpet

2 [countable] a piece of carpet used as a floor covering, especially when shaped to fit a roomto lay a carpeta bedroom carpet (British English) We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house. see also carpeting, red carpet, rug3 [countable] carpet (of something) (literary) a thick layer of something on the grounda carpet of snow

Idioms

(be/get called) on the carpet

(informal, especially North American English) called to see somebody in authority because you have done something wrongI got called on the carpet for being late.

more at sweep something under the carpet at sweep verb