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How to pronounce rug in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms carpet, carpeting
Type of floor cover, floor covering, furnishing
Has types flying carpet, wilton carpet, brussels carpet, drugget, broadloom, hearthrug, kurdistan, nammad, numdah, numdah rug, prayer mat, prayer rug, red carpet, runner, scatter rug, shag rug, stair-carpet, throw rug, wilton

Examples of rug

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Who wants to be stuck fiddling with equipment when they should be cutting a rug?
From the omaha.com
The key is to not sweep it under the rug, but to address it as soon as possible.
From the suntimes.com
In the waiting room there were flowers and an Iranian rug hanging from one wall.
From the boston.com
I'm all for a bit of insouciance with a greenwash, but would it go with the rug?
From the economist.com
It's as if they're sprawled on the rug in the dark at the end of a long evening.
From the theatlantic.com
She and Huxley cut a rug four or five times a day at her house in Anaheim Hills.
From the ocregister.com
Beach sunflowers dotted the ground like a thick rug speckled with yellow blooms.
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They wander away from the other students grouped on the rug for a book or story.
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I also have a big rug that my husband and I put down to be partly under the bed.
From the boston.com
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  • Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
  • Rhug (normally Y Rug in Welsh; sometimes given the antiquarian spelling Ru00FBg) is a township in the parish of Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, formerly in the old cantref of Edeirnion and later a part of Merionethshire, two miles from Corwen and ten miles north east of Bala. It includes the hamlet of Bonwen. It is situated near the River Dee, under Berwyn range...
  • A rug (UK), blanket(Equine and other livestock, US), or coat (canine and other companion animals, US) is a covering or garment made by humans to protect their pets from the elements, as in a horse rug or dog coat.
  • A small covering for a floor; A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket; A wig; hairpiece
  • Soft floor covering laid onto a floor but not permanently attached
  • A rug is a form of carpet. It is usually smaller than a carpet. See also: rug making
  • A completed mosaic containing inner field, border, and corners.
  • RUG stands for "Ridgecrest Users Group." RUG is here to provide help for new users of Ridgenet, a place for users to exchange ideas and information, and a lobby for bringing user-oriented improvements to Ridgenet. RUG is not a techie or computer-geek club. ...
  • Lap robe, afghan, throw, etc. Floor rugs are called carpets or mats, depending on pile or lack of it.