drywall
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of…A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
» The walls are made from drywall.
Стены сделаны из гипсокартона. — marafon
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
Gipskarton, Gipskartonplatte, Trockenbauwand
гипсокарто́нgipsokartón, штукатуркаštukaturka
гіпсокарто́нhipsokartón
(countable, uncountable)A wall made of this.
(countable, uncountable)A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
- 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
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Origin
From dry + wall.From dry + wall.
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Forms
plural: drywallsSynonyms
7 synonyms- 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:wallboarddry wall
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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