dry wall
nounBuilding Trades.
Also drywall .
an interior wall or partition finished in a dry material, usually in the form of prefabricated sheets or panels nailed to studs, as distinguished from one that is plastered.
a material, as wallboard or plasterboard, used for such a wall.
a masonry or stone wall laid up without mortar.
Origin of dry wall
11770–80, for earlier sense
Other definitions for dry-wall (2 of 2)
dry-wall
[ drahy-wawl ]
verb (used with object)
to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
adjective
of, relating to, or having dry wall.
Origin of dry-wall
2First recorded in 1590–1600
Other words from dry-wall
- drywaller, noun
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