drywall

dry·wall

D5419500 (drī′wôl′)n.1. A building material consisting of rectangular sections usually made of a gypsum plaster core bonded between layers of heavy paper, used especially in the construction of interior walls and ceilings. Also called gypsum board, plasterboard, wallboard.2. also dry wall A wall constructed from rocks that are not cemented together.tr.v. dry·walled, dry·wall·ing, dry·walls 1. To construct (a wall or ceiling) using drywall.2. To construct a wall or ceiling in (a room or building) using drywall.

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dry′wall′er n.

drywall

(ˈdraɪˌwɔːl) n (Building) a wall built without mortarvb (intr) (Building) to build a wall without mortar

drywall

, plasterboard - Drywall is a building material made of a sheet of plaster covered with heavy paper on both sides; it is also called plasterboard.See also related terms for plaster.

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Sheetrock, drywall, wall board - Sheetrock is a trade name for drywall or wall board—pre-hardened plaster of Paris (gypsum) sold in large sheets and used as a wall surface in building construction.See also related terms for trade name.

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drywall - a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of housesdry wall, wallboardbeaver board - a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulpboard - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"fiberboard, fibreboard, particle board - wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheetsgypsum board, plasterboard - wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls

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