wall-to-wall

[ adjective, adverb wawl-tuh-wawl; noun wawl-tuh-wawl ]
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adjective
  1. covering the entire floor from one wall to another: wall-to-wall carpeting.

  2. 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. 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.

adverb
  1. from one side to the other; to overflowing: The store was jammed wall-to-wall with late shoppers.

noun
  1. a wall-to-wall carpet.

Origin of wall-to-wall

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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How to use wall-to-wall in a sentence

  • He sat in a chair beside Crane's desk and dropped the ash from his cigar on Crane's wall-to-wall carpeting.

    Ten From Infinity | Paul W. Fairman
  • The wall-to-wall carpeting was a rich Burgundy, with a pile deep enough to run a reaper through.

    A Spaceship Named McGuire | Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall

adjective
  1. (of carpeting) completely covering a floor

  2. informal as far as the eye can see; widespread: wall-to-wall sales in the high street shops

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