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wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wawl too wawl]
    • /wɔl tu wɔl/
    • /wɔːl tuː wɔːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wawl too wawl]
    • /wɔl tu wɔl/

Definitions of wall-to-wall word

  • adjective wall-to-wall covering the entire floor from one wall to another: wall-to-wall carpeting. 1
  • adjective wall-to-wall Informal. occupying a space or period of time completely: The dance floor was crowded with wall-to-wall dancers. With no commercial interruptions, the telecast of the game was wall-to-wall action. 1
  • adjective wall-to-wall Informal. being available everywhere; full of or saturated with something specified: Las Vegas offers wall-to-wall gambling. Her life has been wall-to-wall misery. 1
  • adverb wall-to-wall from one side to the other; to overflowing: The store was jammed wall-to-wall with late shoppers. 1
  • noun wall-to-wall a wall-to-wall carpet. 1
  • adjective wall-to-wall filling space between walls 1
See all 15 definitions of wall-to-wall

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Origin of wall-to-wall

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Wall-to-wall

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for wall-to-wall

adj wall-to-wall

  • across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
  • all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
  • all over — All over a place means in every part of it.
  • all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
  • all together — in chorus, in unison

noun wall-to-wall

  • carpet — A carpet is a thick covering of soft material which is laid over a floor or a staircase.
  • carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
  • horde — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.

adjective wall-to-wall

  • comprising — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
  • containing — to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses.
  • encircling — Enclosing, skirting.
  • everywhere — In or to all places.
  • huddled — to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
All 34 Synonyms of wall-to-wall

Antonyms for wall-to-wall

adjective wall-to-wall

All 2 Antonyms of wall-to-wall

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