FLYING CARPET
Dictionary entry overview: What does flying carpet mean? • FLYING CARPET (noun)
The noun FLYING CARPET has 1 sense:
1. (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go
Familiarity information: FLYING CARPET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLYING CARPET (noun)
Meaning:
(Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("flying carpet" is a kind of...):
carpet; carpeting; rug (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))
Domain category:
folk tale; folktale (a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk)
Domain region:
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
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