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bursting point

bursting point noun: the point at which capacity is exceeded and something cannot take any more.

Noun

bursting point

  1. The point at which capacity is exceeded and something cannot take any more.
    • Third class carriages have wooden seats and centre corridors; they are always crammed to bursting point.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263
    • "HS2 is based on the West Coast Main Line bursting at the seams. Both that and the East Coast Main Line are at bursting point for capacity.2020 June 3, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: HS2 progress: "volume of activity is growing"”, in Rail, page 11
  2. The point at which emotional self-control is lost.

Questions about bursting point

What does bursting point mean?
Bursting point means the point at which capacity is exceeded and something cannot take any more.
What part of speech is bursting point?
Bursting point is a noun.

Words near bursting point in the dictionary

  1. bursting into flames
  2. bursting into flower
  3. bursting into tears
  4. bursting out
  5. bursting out laughing
  6. bursting point
  7. bursting pressure
  8. bursting pressures
  9. bursting someone's bubble
  10. bursting up
  11. burstingly

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