packed to the rafters
packed to the rafters adjective: completely full (of things, of stuff); packed; stuffed.
Adjective
packed to the rafters
- Completely full (of things, of stuff); packed; stuffed.
- The second reason his disliking of objects seems implausible is that I'm interviewing him in his Victorian terrace house in Islington – and it is packed to the rafters, often rather beautifully, with everything from Memphis glass to mid-century Aalto furniture to William Morris prints to Picasso...2012 April 8, Holly Williams, “Mix and max: Designer Max Clendinning has had a radical change of heart when it comes to minimalism”, in The Independent
- Synonyms:
- packed to the gills
- Antonyms:
- empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike, vacuous
packed to the rafters meaning in Bengali
packed to the rafters in Bengali
- পুরোপুরি ভর্তি, ঠাসা
Synonyms of packed to the rafters
Antonyms
- empty
- empty as a pauper's purse
- empty as the tomb on Easter
- clean
- unfilled
- vacant
- vacuumlike
- vacuous
- void
- leer
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Forms of packed to the rafters
| alternative form | rammed to the rafters |
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Questions about packed to the rafters
- What does packed to the rafters mean?
- Packed to the rafters means completely full (of things, of stuff); packed; stuffed.
- What is packed to the rafters in Bengali?
- Packed to the rafters in Bengali is পুরোপুরি ভর্তি, ঠাসা. See Packed to the rafters meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is packed to the rafters?
- Packed to the rafters is an adjective.
Words near packed to the rafters in the dictionary
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