(crammed) like sardines
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like sardines — without enough room to move around A large crowd of reporters was crammed/packed like sardines into a small room. • • • Main Entry: ↑sardine … Useful english dictionary
(packed) like sardines — (packed, crammed, etc.) like sarˈdines idiom (informal) pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant Main entry: ↑sardineidiom … Useful english dictionary
crammed — Synonyms and related words: SRO, allayed, awash, bloated, brimful, brimming, bristling, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock full, choked, chuck full, close, close knit, close textured, close woven, cloyed, compact, compacted, compressed,… … Moby Thesaurus
pack# — pack n *bundle, bunch, package, packet, bale, parcel pack vb Pack, crowd, cram, stuff, ram, tamp are comparable when they mean to fill tightly or cause to fill tightly something which holds a limited amount or presents a limited space. Pack, in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
chock-a-block — adj. & adv. crammed close together; crammed full (a street chock a block with cars). Etymology: orig. Naut., with ref. to tackle with the two blocks run close together * * * adverb as completely as possible it was chock a block full • Syn: ↑chock … Useful english dictionary
sar·dine — /sɑɚˈdiːn/ noun, pl dines [count] : a very small fish that is used for food and is usually packed in a can like sardines : without enough room to move around A large crowd of reporters was crammed/packed like sardines into a small room … Useful english dictionary
congested — Synonyms and related words: SRO, bloated, blocked, bound, brimful, brimming, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock full, choked, choked up, chuck full, clogged, clogged up, close, close knit, close textured, close woven, compact, compacted,… … Moby Thesaurus
jam packed — Synonyms and related words: SRO, alive with, bloated, brimful, brimming, bristling, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock full, choked, chuck full, close, close knit, close textured, close woven, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated,… … Moby Thesaurus
packed — Synonyms and related words: SRO, aground, alive with, anchored, awash, bloated, blocked, bound, brimful, brimming, bristling, bulging, bursting, capacity, caught, chained, chock full, choked, choked up, chuck full, clogged, clogged up, close,… … Moby Thesaurus
full — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. filled, sated, satiated, glutted, gorged; replete; whole, complete, entire; loose, baggy; sonorous; plump, rounded; brimming. See completion, sufficiency. Ant., empty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… … English dictionary for students
