chock full
Stuffed to capacity
Chock full means completely filled, stuffed to capacity: The attic was chock full of old magazines.
The phrase emphasizes abundance to the point of overflowing.
Also spelled chock-full or chockfull.
The chock likely comes from an old word meaning to cram or stuff, though the phrase now functions as a fixed unit.
- crammedOverfilled or overstuffed
- packedFilled to capacity
- repleteCompletely filled
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
- chockfulFilled to maximum capacity
stuffed · fit to burst · brimming · filled to the brim · laden · teeming · bursting · maxed out · bristling · overflowing · bursting at the seams · heaping · plenty · bulging · gorged · saturated · abundant · spilling