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dry wall

dry wall is the alternative form of drywall.

Meaning of drywall

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.
    • 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.

See all 4 meanings of drywall

Forms of dry wall

pluraldry walls

Questions about dry wall

What is dry wall the alternative form of?
Dry wall is the alternative form of drywall.

Words near dry wall in the dictionary

  1. dry valves
  2. dry vomit
  3. dry vomited
  4. dry vomiting
  5. dry vomits
  6. dry wall
  7. dry walls
  8. dry wash
  9. dry washes
  10. dry weight
  11. dry weights

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