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Word entry · 3 letters

rug

Best crossword clue

"Area floor covering"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹʌɡ/Part of speech nounSorted gruStarts with REnds with G10 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

Word origin

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough.

Used in a sentence

  • They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.
  • 1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia, Volume 22, page 181, My own son had a bunny rug of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny rug to suck his finger with.″
  • 1958, Arthur Hailey, John Castle. Runway Zero-Eight. Bantham Books She tucked in a rug round the woman. “How’s that?” The woman nodded gratefully.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues

01Area floor covering3 letters
02Bedside floor covering3 letters
03Cozy floor covering3 letters
04Decorative floor mat3 letters
05Decorative floor piece3 letters
06Floor textile3 letters
07Small carpet3 letters
08Small floor covering3 letters

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