drywall

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Alternative forms

• dry wall

Noun

drywall (countable and uncountable; plural drywalls)

1. A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
   • 2012 December 21, David M. Halbfinger, Charles V. Bagli and Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild Now”, New York Times:

     As moldy drywall thudded to the curb in a depressing drumbeat throughout Breezy Point, Queens, Thomas Ryan’s reciprocating saw stood out like a growling declaration of impatience.

2. A wall made of this.
3. A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:drywall

See also

• cement board
• plaster
• gypsum plaster
• lath
• drystone

Translations

A building material

• Bulgarian: гипсокартон (bg) m (gipsokarton)
• Finnish: kipsilevy (fi)

• Norwegian: gipsplate (no) c
• Spanish: cartón yeso (es) m, tablero yeso (es) m

Verb

drywall (third-person singular simple present drywalls, present participle drywalling, simple past and past participle drywalled)

1. To install and finish drywall.

Synonyms

• sheetrock

See also

• plaster