packed to the rafters

English

Alternative forms

• rammed to the rafters

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Adjective

packed to the rafters

1. (idiomatic) Completely full (of things, of stuff); packed; stuffed.

   Synonyms: packed to the gills; see also Thesaurus:empty § Antonyms

   Antonyms: empty; see also Thesaurus:empty

   • 2012 April 8, Holly Williams, “Mix and max: Designer Max Clendinning has had a radical change of heart when it comes to minimalism”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     The second reason his disliking of objects seems implausible is that I'm interviewing him in his Victorian terrace house in Islington – and it is packed to the rafters, often rather beautifully, with everything from Memphis glass to mid-century Aalto furniture to William Morris prints to Picasso plates...