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noun
Drywall; plasterboard; a building material comprising a layer of gypsum plaster sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Any of the various thicknesses and grades of such material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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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 building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
To install and finish Sheetrock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a kind of plasterboard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plasterboard, gypsum board
History
From sheet + rock.
Genericized trademark (originally, and also, Sheetrock); from sheet + rock.
