be packed to capacity

  • 1capacity — noun 1 amount held/produced ADJECTIVE ▪ high, large ▪ a high capacity electric pump ▪ large capacity disk drives ▪ limited, small …

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  • 2packed out — adjective Britain : filled to capacity went first to the hotel at which I have frequently put up. Packed out Elizabeth Boyd * * * packed out UK US adjective british spoken full of people Thesaurus: full of people or things …

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  • 3capacity — Synonyms and related words: IQ, SRO, ability, ableness, accommodation, acumen, address, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, airmanship, amplitude, apprehension, aptitude, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, bellyful, bent, brains, bravura, brilliance …

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  • 4capacity — 01. The [capacity] of this elevator is only 500 kilograms. 02. The hospital is filled to [capacity], and patients are having to sleep in beds in the halls. 03. A [capacity] crowd of 17,000 fans were packed into the arena to see the final game of… …

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  • 5packed — adjective 1. filled to capacity (Freq. 1) a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes stands jam packed with fans a packed theater • Syn: ↑jammed, ↑jam packed • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 6packed — adjective Date: 1777 1. a. compressed < packed snow > b. that is crowded or stuffed often used in combination < an action packed story > 2. filled to capacity < played to a packed house > …

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  • 7packed — /pakt/, adj. 1. filled to capacity; full: They ve had a packed theater for every performance. 2. pressed together; dense; compressed: packed snow. 3. abundantly supplied with a specified element (used in combination): an action packed movie.&#8230; …

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  • 8packed — 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,&#8230; …

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  • 9packed — adjective the actors peeked from behind the curtain to see a packed house Syn: crowded, full, filled (to capacity), crammed, jammed, solid, overcrowded, overfull, teeming, seething, swarming; informal jam packed, chock full, standing room only,&#8230; …

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  • 10Packed out — filled to capacity …

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