drywall
verbEtymology From dry + wall.
1
Ambitransitive To install and finish drywall.
drywall
nounUK /ˈdraɪˌwɔːl/ · US /ˈdraɪˌwɔl/
Etymology From dry + wall.
1
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
- 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.2012 December 21, David M. Halbfinger, Charles V. Bagli, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild Now”, in New York Times:
2
A wall made of this.
3
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
- Synonyms
- drywall, gyprock, gypsum board, plasterboard, sheetrock, wallboard
- Derived terms
- drywall saw
- Related terms
- cement board, drystone, gypsum plaster, lath, plaster, plasterboard
- Hypernyms
- material