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wall-to-wall

adjective

Definition of wall-to-wall

1 : covering the entire floor wall-to-wall carpeting
2a : covering or filling one entire space or time a party crammed with wall-to-wall bodies
b : occurring or found everywhere : ubiquitous

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omnipresent, ubiquitous, universal

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First Known Use of wall-to-wall

1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of wall-to-wall was in 1946

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wall-to-wall

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of wall-to-wall

: covering the entire floor of a room
informal : filling an entire space or time : occurring or found everywhere or constantly

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