Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to the brim

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: to the brim
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

To the point of being full, almost overflowing.

prep_phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, brim.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: brimful (adjective), brimfully (adverb); see also Thesaurus:to the full"
"The van was stuffed to the brim with camping equipment."
"With an own goal, two penalties and two red cards, this match was full to the brim with controversy."
"The full measure of life and happiness which we have in mind as the educational goal can only be attained when each individual life is full to the brim."
"We've had so much luck here, it's been effortless,” LeMay said as she rested on the shopping cart full to the brim with gifts […]"
"Fill the glass to the brim, please."

Synonyms

brimful brimfully 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

Questions

What does to the brim mean?: To the point of being full, almost overflowing.

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