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dry wall

1

noun

, Building Trades.
  1. Also drywall.
    1. 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.
    2. a material, as wallboard or plasterboard, used for such a wall.
  2. a masonry or stone wall laid up without mortar.


dry-wall

2

[ drahy-wawl ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to construct or renovate with dry wall:

    to dry-wall the interior of a house.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having dry wall.
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Other Words From

  • drywaller noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dry wall1

1770–80, for earlier sense

Origin of dry wall2

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

Again, the dry wall that has fallen becomes saturated, and dissolves itself into soft mud.

A dry wall needs very little foundation; two thin courses underground are quite enough.

This is some half a mile from Sker House, and a ragged dry wall makes the parish boundary, severing it from Sker-land.

Perhaps you neglected something Rhys expected done, of more consequence than a dry wall.'

Where the plant has found a home on a dry wall, however, it may be a very diminutive affair.

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