chock

«chock» in Mova's school dictionary: completely: «chock full» means crammed full to the top — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (in «chock full» or «chock-a-block»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Chock means completely: «chock full» means crammed full to the top. tree →

2) (informal) «Chock-a-block» means packed tight with no room left. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a box or a pit crammed full of treasure or gold.

examples

• The box was chock full of sweets. tree →
• The pit was chock full of gold. tree →
• The shop was chock-a-block on Saturday. tree →

note

«Chock full» says the box is full, not how many things are in it; a count must be found another way.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.