Meaning & use
shag
A carpet, rug, or fabric with a long, thick, loosely woven pile.
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The living room still had the same orange shag carpet from the 1970s.
She replaced the old shag rug with a smoother, more modern design.
A note on using this word
Shag is also the name of a seabird, a type of cormorant found along rocky coastlines, an entirely unrelated sense of the word.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A seabird related to the cormorant, with dark feathers and a slender hooked bill.
A shag perched on the rocks, drying its wings in the wind.
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