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noun
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A wall made of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To install and finish drywall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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noun
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 houses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wallboard, dry wall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: board
Narrower terms: beaver board, fiberboard, fibreboard, particle board, plasterboard, gypsum board
History
From dry + wall.
Across languages
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
