wall to wall
Filling every inch
Wall to wall describes something covering an entire floor area, originally carpeting: wall-to-wall carpeting throughout the house.
The phrase extends to anything filling a space completely or occurring without interruption: wall-to-wall coverage of the election, The bar was wall-to-wall with people.
Hyphenated when used as an adjective before a noun.
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- interiorInside area or region
- living roomHome's social space
- carpetThick floor textile
- flooringSurface underfoot material
shag carpet · pervasive · saturation · media saturation · blanket · omnipresent · broadcasting · news coverage · comprehensive · furnishing · layout · home improvement · tiling · broadloom · universality · exhaustive · renovation · paint
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
wall to wallpartial
Favoring one side
scattered · incomplete · area rug · throw rug · spotty
wall to wallsparse
Thinly scattered or distributed
scattered · sporadic · few and far between · empty · bare
wall to wallarea rug
Movable floor covering
throw rug · scatter rug · runner · accent rug · hardwood