drywall
See also: dry wall
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdraɪˌwɔːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdraɪˌwɔl/
Noun edit
drywall (countable and uncountable, plural drywalls)
- 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, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild Now”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
- A wall made of this.
- A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
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building material
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Verb edit
drywall (third-person singular simple present drywalls, present participle drywalling, simple past and past participle drywalled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To install and finish drywall.