to the gunwales
old-fashionedIf something is filled to the gunwales, it is extremely full:
A crowd of 50,000 packed the stadium almost to the gunwales.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Full
- alive
- alive with sth idiom
- awash
- be a rich seam to mine idiom
- be riddled with sth idiom
- bristle
- burst
- congested
- cramped
- crowded
- flooded
- heaping
- heaving
- heavy with sth idiom
- ridden
- riddled
- rife
- sardine
- saturation point
- seam
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