Phrase guide

to the gunnels

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Full to the brim.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We were loaded down to the gunnels with luggage.
  • The room was packed to the gunnels with reporters.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brimful, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the core, to the fullest, to the full, to the gills, to the gunnels, to the hilt, to the marrow, to the max, to the nines, to the nth degree, to the tonsils, to the top of one's bent, top to bottom, up to eleven

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, the, gunnels: all the way up to the gunwales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Our boat was loaded to the gunnels with equipment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brimful, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the core, to the fullest, to the full, to the gills, to the gunnels, to the hilt, to the marrow, to the max, to the nines, to the nth degree, to the tonsils, to the top of one's bent, top to bottom, up to eleven

Antonyms: none provided

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