Usually means: Ceremonial entryway for VIP events.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word red carpet:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. red carpet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. red-carpet, red carpet: Merriam-Webster
  3. red carpet, the red carpet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. red carpet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. red carpet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. red-carpet, red carpet: Vocabulary.com
  7. Red-Carpet, Red-carpet, red-carpet: Wordnik
  8. red-carpet, the red carpet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. red-carpet, red carpet: Wiktionary
  10. red carpet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. red carpet: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. red-carpet, red carpet: Dictionary.com
  13. Red Carpet (Nova TV), Red Carpet (band), Red Carpet (film), Red carpet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. red carpet: Rhymezone
  15. red-carpet, red carpet: FreeDictionary.org
  16. red-carpet, red carpet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. red-carpet, red carpet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. red carpet: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See red_carpets as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (red carpet)

▸ noun:  A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.
▸ noun:  (figurative) VIP treatment.

Similar:
carpetway, Red Room, runway, altar carpet, runner, carpet, catwalk, moving pavement, roadway, champagne room, more...

Opposite:
cold shoulder

Types:
velvet, shag, plush, wool, sisal, berber, nylon, polyester, more...

Phrases:
roll out the red carpet, red carpet treatment, Red Carpet Massacre, Red carpet fashion, red carpet focus, more...

Adjectives:
pathed, pavemented, ambulatory, broadway, streeted, walk-in, sideway, paved, paven, built-up, pedestrian

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Similar:
carpetway, Red Room, runway, altar carpet, runner, carpet, catwalk, moving pavement, roadway, champagne room, more...

Opposite:
cold shoulder

Types:
velvet, shag, plush, wool, sisal, berber, nylon, polyester, more...

Phrases:
roll out the red carpet, red carpet treatment, Red Carpet Massacre, Red carpet fashion, red carpet focus, more...

Adjectives:
pathed, pavemented, ambulatory, broadway, streeted, walk-in, sideway, paved, paven, built-up, pedestrian



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