"wall-to-wall" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wall-to-wall (not comparable)
  1. (of carpeting) That covers all of the floor of a room. Tags: not-comparable Translations (that covers all of the floor): kamerbreed (Dutch), kokolattia- (Finnish), heltäcknings- (Swedish), heltäckande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wall-to-wall-en-adj-kLpb-reE Disambiguation of 'that covers all of the floor': 98 0 2
  2. (informal) Pervasive, ubiquitous, or unremitting. Tags: informal, not-comparable Translations (pervasive, ubiquitous, unremitting — see also pervasive, ubiquitous, unremitting): kattava (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wall-to-wall-en-adj-lDb3zh46 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of 'pervasive, ubiquitous, unremitting — see also pervasive, ubiquitous, unremitting': 3 83 14
  3. (informal, of a space) Full, crowded. Tags: informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-wall-to-wall-en-adj-0ESo--iI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 37 56 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 11 23 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 29 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 27 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 24 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 26 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 25 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: area rug

Alternative forms

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