Stuffed to bursting
Chock-a-block means completely full, packed tightly together with no room to spare: The shelves were chock-a-block with books.
The expression comes from nautical rigging, where blocks (pulleys) drawn so tight they touch can move no further.
Also spelled chockablock or chock-full, which carries the same meaning.
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Stuffed to bursting
Chock-a-block means completely full, packed tightly together with no room to spare: The shelves were chock-a-block with books.
The expression comes from nautical rigging, where blocks (pulleys) drawn so tight they touch can move no further.
Also spelled chockablock or chock-full, which carries the same meaning.
1. crowded — packed, Filled to capacity; crammed (Overfilled or overstuffed); stuffed (Filled beyond capacity); jammed (Unable to move freely); teeming · overflowing · bursting · heaving · sardined · swarming · congested · overcrowded · bulging · brimming
FULLNESS/DENSITYchock a block ≠ empty Holding nothing inside; bare · vacant · unfilled · hollow · depleted
CROWDEDNESSchock a block ≠ roomy Having generous interior space; spacious · uncrowded · deserted · desolate · spread out
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