dry·wall

(drī′wôl′)

1. A building material consisting of rectangular sections usually made of a gypsum plaster core bonded between layers of heavy paper, used especially in the construction of interior walls and ceilings. Also called gypsum board, plasterboard, wallboard.

2. also dry wall A wall constructed from rocks that are not cemented together.

tr.v. dry·walled, dry·wall·ing, dry·walls

1. To construct (a wall or ceiling) using drywall.

2. To construct a wall or ceiling in (a room or building) using drywall.

dry′wall′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

dry′ wall`

1. Also, dry′wall`.

a. an interior wall made of a prefabricated dry material.

b. a material, as wallboard or plasterboard, used for such a wall.

2. a masonry or stone wall laid up without mortar.

[1820–30]

dry′-wall`, v.t. adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	dry wall - 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 drywall, wallboard beaver board - a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" 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 bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls
	2.	dry wall - a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar dry-stone wall dry masonry - masonry without mortar stone wall - a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields

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