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- [kram]
- /kræm/
- /kræmd/
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- [kram]
- /kræm/
Definitions of crammed word
- adjective crammed If a place is crammed with things or people, it is full of them, so that there is hardly room for anything or anyone else. 3
- adjective crammed If people or things are crammed into a place or vehicle, it is full of them. 3
- adjective crammed bursting or overflowing 3
- abbreviation CRAMMED crowded 3
- verb with object crammed to fill (something) by force with more than it can easily hold. 1
- verb with object crammed to force or stuff (usually followed by into, down, etc.). 1
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Origin of crammed
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English crammen, Old English crammian to stuff, akin to crimman to put in
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Parts of speech for Crammed
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adjective
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preposition
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determiner
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crammed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crammed
adjective crammed
- full — completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity: a full cup.
- packed — transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
- stuffed — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- filled — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- jam-packed — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
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