throw rug

1. 1.

   a small rug; several can be used in a room

   Synonymsscatter rug

   Broaderrug

Questions about throw rug

What does throw rug mean?

throw rug means "a small rug; several can be used in a room".

What is another word for throw rug?

Close synonyms include scatter rug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is throw rug a common word?

throw rug is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.