chock-a-block
Collocations
5ADJ.
full
VERB + CHOCK-A-BLOCK
mountaineering
CHOCK-A-BLOCK + NOUN
terms
PREP.
with
ADV.
always, totally
Definitions
adj
Alternative spelling of chockablock.
"Parking at the railheads, Morpeth and so on, is just totally chock-a-block now. You won't get a parking space in Morpeth [station car park] after 0730, so we really need to be providing a service at these local stations."
adv
Alternative spelling of chockablock.
The first was my experience of motoring, paddling, and poling a dugout canoe through the Equatorial African swamplands that were once inhabited by people who called themselves Nunu and being struck by the astonishing array of micro-environments packed chock-a-block into a region only 40 kilometers long by 20 kilometers wide.
The Piney Creek General Store in Story, Wyoming, is chock-a-block filled with an enormous range of miscellaneous paraphernalia that includes groceries, gourmet cooking ingredients, beer and wine, cast-iron cookware, and kitschy souvenirs and gifts.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adverb — as completely as possible
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6"Parking at the railheads, Morpeth and so on, is just totally chock-a-block now. You won't get a parking space in Morpeth [station car park] after 0730, so we really need to be providing a service at
WiktionaryThe first was my experience of motoring, paddling, and poling a dugout canoe through the Equatorial African swamplands that were once inhabited by people who called themselves Nunu and being struck by
WiktionaryThe Piney Creek General Store in Story, Wyoming, is chock-a-block filled with an enormous range of miscellaneous paraphernalia that includes groceries, gourmet cooking ingredients, beer and wine, cast
WiktionaryOne room was chock-a-block full, to the ceiling; you couldn't get into that bedroom.
WiktionaryMountaineering is chock-a-block with terms that never need translating, because every mountaineer adopts them.
Tatoeba · #2028096The streets were chock-a-block.
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