red carpet

red carpet

n.

A carpet laid down for important visitors.

Idiom:

roll out the red carpet

To welcome with great hospitality or ceremony.

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red carpet

n

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

2.

a.  deferential treatment accorded to a person of importance

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

Thesaurus

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"