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wall-to-wall

(wôl′tə-wôl′)

adj.

1. Completely covering a floor: wall-to-wall carpeting.

2. Informal

a. Present or spreading throughout an entire area: wall-to-wall people at the reception.

b. Found everywhere or including everything; pervasive: wall-to-wall luxury.

A carpet that completely covers a floor.

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wall-to-wall

adj

1. (Building) (of carpeting) completely covering a floor

2. informal as far as the eye can see; widespread: wall-to-wall sales in the high-street shops.

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wall′-to-wall′

adj.

1. covering the entire floor from one wall to another.

2. Informal. occupying a space or period of time completely: a floor with wall-to-wall dancers.

3. Informal. being available everywhere; full of something specified: a town with wall-to-wall gambling.

4. a wall-to-wall carpet.

[1945–50]

Translations

wall-to-wall

[ˈwɔːltəˈwɔːl]

A. ADJ

1. wall-to-wall carpeting → moqueta f, alfombra f de pared a pared

2. (fig) [football, music etc] → a todas horas
there were wall-to-wall people → había gente a rebosar, estaba abarrotado de gente

B. ADV the room was filled wall-to-wall with people → la sala estaba atestada or repleta de gente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wall-to-wall

[ˌwɔːltəˈwɔːl] adj wall-to-wall carpeting → moquette f

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wall

(woːl) noun

1. something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something. There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.

2. any of the sides of a building or room. One wall of the room is yellow – the rest are white.

verb

(often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall. We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.

walled adjective

a walled city.

-walled

having (a certain type or number of) wall(s). a high-walled garden.

ˈwallpaper noun

paper used to decorate interior walls of houses etc. My wife wants to put wallpaper on the walls but I would rather paint them.

verb

to put such paper on. I have wallpapered the front room.

ˌwall-to-ˈwall adjective

(of a carpet etc) covering the entire floor of a room etc.

have one's back to the wall

to be in a desperate situation. The army in the south have their backs to the wall, and are fighting a losing battle.

up the wall

crazy. This business is sending/driving me up the wall!

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