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# chock

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

«chock» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chock means completely: «chock full» means crammed full to the top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/#m1)
2. (informal) «Chock-a-block» means packed tight with no room left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/#x1)
- The pit was chock full of gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/#x2)
- The shop was chock-a-block on Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chock.html) on Mova free.