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DRYWALL

Pronunciation (US):

• DRYWALL (noun)
The noun DRYWALL has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: DRYWALL used as a noun is very rare.

• DRYWALL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drywall; wallboard

Hypernyms ("drywall" is a kind of...):

board (a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drywall"):

beaver board (a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp)

fiberboard; fibreboard; particle board (wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets)

gypsum board; plasterboard (wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bounded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls)

"A stitch in time saves nine."
(English proverb)
"The stripes of a tiger are on the outside; the stripes of a person are on the inside."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"If a wind blows, ride it!"
(Arabic proverb)
"Being able to feel it on wooden shoes."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
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Definition of particle board
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