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dry wall

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dry wall or dry·wall (drwôl)
n.
1.
a. Plasterboard.
b. A wall or ceiling constructed of a prefabricated material, such as plasterboard or paneling.
2. A wall constructed from rocks that are not cemented together.
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Noun1.dry walldry 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
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 masonry - masonry without mortar
stone wall - a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields


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We realize that dry wall is cheaper, so if you can only afford the Pontiac, get the Pontiac," Ledwith said.
PACOIMA - The mountain of trash appeared suddenly one Saturday morning: dozens of trash bags, discarded insulation, chunks of dry wall and planks of wood with screws and nails protruding.
Just a few years ago, a leaky dishwasher hose may have prompted an insurer to replace some dry wall and blow dry a carpet.
 
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