(chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.

(idiomatic) To extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner.

A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on. / (figuratively) VIP treatment.

(botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil - the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.

(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking. / (countable) A carpenter's workshop.

Any of several large ants, of the genus Camponotus, found in North America and northern China, that build nests in dead wood.

(politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.

A tool used to measure out right angles.

plural of carpenter

Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal. / Cloth or materials for carpets. / (informal) A severe reprimand or telling-off.