wall-to-walladj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˌwɔːltəˈwɔːl/, U.S.

/ˌwɔltəˈwɔl/,

/ˌwɑltəˈwɑl/

Etymology: wall n.¹

1. Of carpeting: covering the whole floor of a room; fitted. Also absol. as n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with a carpet

Turkey-carpeted1831

carpeted1849

Kidderminstered1852

wall-to-wall1953

close-carpeted1958

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > covering entire area

fitted carpet1898

close-carpeting1942

wall-to-wall1953

1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait ii. 12 I detest wall-to-wall carpets.

1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship vi. 97 Genuine hooked rugs scattered over the wall-to-wall carpet.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 39 The room fascinated me because it had two carpets on the floor, a ‘wall-to-wall’ covered by an Axminster.

1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxxvi. 78/2 Harvey hated crawling around on the wall-to-wall looking for contact lenses.

1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 33/1 What impressed me most about that house was the carpeting, which was mercilessly wall-to-wall.

1978 Meridian Poetry Mag. Autumn 10 He bestrides the wall-to-wall carpeting Like a colossus.

a. Of objects, etc., other than carpeting: extending from one wall to another; providing coverage of an entire space. Also as quasi-adv.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally

standing1444

plush1615

Queen Elizabeth1673

occasional1749

Adametic1774

French-polished1836

upholstered1837

Adamish1838

Chippendale1855

Queen Anne1863

knock-down1875

Wellington chest1880

Adamesque1881

Sheraton1883

Hepplewhite1897

quaint1897

bombé1904

lowboy1915

Jacobean1918

overstuffed1922

spool1928

Williamsburg1931

thermed1952

stackable1958

Scandinavian1959

wall-to-wall1959

Populuxe1986

1959 Observer 12 Apr. 14/5 Underpinned with warmth—a wall-to-wall convection heater.

1977 Washington Post 27 Nov. m3/1 Wall-to-wall art—framed prints, posters or one enormous canvas—can cover a whole wall.

1977 Washington Post 27 Nov. m3/2 I designed everything wall-to-wall... The bed,..being 75 inches long, the distance between two of the walls, is an instant wall-to-wall component.

b. figurative. Extending from one end or extreme to the other; allowing no unfilled space; ubiquitous.

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the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present everywhere

ubiquitary1583

everywherea1600

ubiquitarian1641

ubiquitory1643

omnipresenta1711

ubiquarian1762

totipresent1768

ubiquitous1802

ubiquious1835

all-overish1838

wall-to-wall1967

1967 New Yorker 25 Nov. 222 He made a highly successful series of wall-to-wall mood-music recordings.

1973 Listener 19 Apr. 522/2 A respite from wall-to-wall Mozart on Radios 3 and 4.

1976 Patriot-Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) 10 July 3/1 The state police said it was just wall-to-wall people and wall-to-wall cars.

1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 9/3 When we kick down doors looking for these people at home, we find almost always tons of literature—wall-to-wall Marx and Marcuse.

1982 S. Paretsky Indemnity Only vi. 74 Why would he agree to see me? He'd never heard of me, he has wall-to-wall appointments.

1984 Listener 15 Mar. 19/1 Is there any good reason why we should have news bulletins, local and national, every hour on the hour, chat shows..and wall-to-wall discussion programmes?

1984 New Statesman 16 Nov. 16/2 Their sponsors include the IBA..and the BBC (in whose Reithian corridors the epithet ‘wall-to-wall Dallas’ was reputedly coined).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wall-to-wall
释义	wall-to-walladj.n.adv. Brit. /ˌwɔːltəˈwɔːl/, U.S. /ˌwɔltəˈwɔl/, /ˌwɑltəˈwɑl/ Etymology: wall n.¹ 1. Of carpeting: covering the whole floor of a room; fitted. Also absol. as n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with a carpet Turkey-carpeted1831 carpeted1849 Kidderminstered1852 wall-to-wall1953 close-carpeted1958 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > covering entire area fitted carpet1898 close-carpeting1942 wall-to-wall1953 1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait ii. 12 I detest wall-to-wall carpets. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship vi. 97 Genuine hooked rugs scattered over the wall-to-wall carpet. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 39 The room fascinated me because it had two carpets on the floor, a ‘wall-to-wall’ covered by an Axminster. 1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxxvi. 78/2 Harvey hated crawling around on the wall-to-wall looking for contact lenses. 1977 New Yorker 15 Aug. 33/1 What impressed me most about that house was the carpeting, which was mercilessly wall-to-wall. 1978 Meridian Poetry Mag. Autumn 10 He bestrides the wall-to-wall carpeting Like a colossus. 2. a. Of objects, etc., other than carpeting: extending from one wall to another; providing coverage of an entire space. Also as quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally standing1444 plush1615 Queen Elizabeth1673 occasional1749 Adametic1774 French-polished1836 upholstered1837 Adamish1838 Chippendale1855 Queen Anne1863 knock-down1875 Wellington chest1880 Adamesque1881 Sheraton1883 Hepplewhite1897 quaint1897 bombé1904 lowboy1915 Jacobean1918 overstuffed1922 spool1928 Williamsburg1931 thermed1952 stackable1958 Scandinavian1959 wall-to-wall1959 Populuxe1986 1959 Observer 12 Apr. 14/5 Underpinned with warmth—a wall-to-wall convection heater. 1977 Washington Post 27 Nov. m3/1 Wall-to-wall art—framed prints, posters or one enormous canvas—can cover a whole wall. 1977 Washington Post 27 Nov. m3/2 I designed everything wall-to-wall... The bed,..being 75 inches long, the distance between two of the walls, is an instant wall-to-wall component. b. figurative. Extending from one end or extreme to the other; allowing no unfilled space; ubiquitous. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present everywhere ubiquitary1583 everywherea1600 ubiquitarian1641 ubiquitory1643 omnipresenta1711 ubiquarian1762 totipresent1768 ubiquitous1802 ubiquious1835 all-overish1838 wall-to-wall1967 1967 New Yorker 25 Nov. 222 He made a highly successful series of wall-to-wall mood-music recordings. 1973 Listener 19 Apr. 522/2 A respite from wall-to-wall Mozart on Radios 3 and 4. 1976 Patriot-Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) 10 July 3/1 The state police said it was just wall-to-wall people and wall-to-wall cars. 1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 9/3 When we kick down doors looking for these people at home, we find almost always tons of literature—wall-to-wall Marx and Marcuse. 1982 S. Paretsky Indemnity Only vi. 74 Why would he agree to see me? He'd never heard of me, he has wall-to-wall appointments. 1984 Listener 15 Mar. 19/1 Is there any good reason why we should have news bulletins, local and national, every hour on the hour, chat shows..and wall-to-wall discussion programmes? 1984 New Statesman 16 Nov. 16/2 Their sponsors include the IBA..and the BBC (in whose Reithian corridors the epithet ‘wall-to-wall Dallas’ was reputedly coined). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.adv.1953
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