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wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall adjective: of carpeting, that covers all of the floor of a room.

Adjective

wall-to-wall (not comparable)

  1. Of carpeting, that covers all of the floor of a room.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Pervasive, ubiquitous, or unremitting.
    • The TV showed wall-to-wall coverage of the bombing.
    • I am fed up with wall-to-wall pop music.
  3. (idiomatic, informal) Of a space, full or crowded.
    • The airport was wall-to-wall with impatient passengers.
    • The set is hot, there's people wall to wall / Old ones, young things, short ones standing tall / So grab the one with the smiling faces / And hit the floor and stay right on the cases / The heat is on and the funk just won't leave us alone1980, Brothers Johnson, “Stomp!”, in Light Up The Night

Questions about wall-to-wall

What does wall-to-wall mean?
Wall-to-wall means of carpeting, that covers all of the floor of a room.
What part of speech is wall-to-wall?
Wall-to-wall is an adjective.

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