red carpet

A carpet laid down for important visitors.

Idiom:

roll out the red carpet

To welcome with great hospitality or ceremony.

red carpet

1. a strip of red carpeting laid for important dignitaries to walk on when arriving or departing

a. deferential treatment accorded to a person of importance

b. (as modifier) the returning hero had a red-carpet reception

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Noun	1.	red carpet - a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on carpet, carpeting, rug - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
Adj.	1.	red carpet - special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment" red-carpet uncommon - not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"

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brick red
carpet
carpeting
favoritism
fête
red
red carpet treatment
red-carpet
rug
welcome

Of course I don't know how much red carpet a trunk could buy, but it ought to buy some, anyhow--much as half an aisle, don't you think?

Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context

At this stage of the proceedings, a narrow bright red carpet was unrolled and stretched from the top of the marble steps to the curbstone, along the center of the black carpet.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

This picture comes back to me in the general train--the impression, as I received it on my return, of the wide white panelled space, bright in the lamplight and with its portraits and red carpet, and of the good surprised look of my friend, which immediately told me she had missed me.

Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context

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