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# 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 →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chock» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chock/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.