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

Examples of wall-to-wall in a Sentence

television programming feels as if there are wall-to-wall sitcoms these days
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At two stories high, the flagship studio is decked out with wall-to-wall LED boards, robotic cameras and an LED floor. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025 Until his death in 2005, the theater critic Mel Gussow spent most mornings writing reviews and profiles in an office in the rear of an 1856 rowhouse on West Tenth Street, where bookcases stretching up to 13-foot-high ceilings wrapped wall-to-wall, skipping only a marble fireplace. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2024 Here, guests are invited to leave their clothes and worries behind, surrounding themselves in outdoor pools, cedar saunas, and a resting room with wall-to-wall windows. Brett Braley, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024 Empty as a ghost town in winter but overwhelmed with wall-to-wall tourists in summer, its infrastructure creaks under pressure. Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wall-to-wall 

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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

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“Wall-to-wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall-to-wall. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

wall-to-wall

adjective
1
: covering the entire floor
wall-to-wall carpeting
2
: filling an entire space
a beach that was wall-to-wall sunbathers

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