dry wall

¹

noun

Building Trades.

1. Also drywall

   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.

Other Word Forms

• drywaller noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry wall¹

1770–80, for earlier sense

Origin of dry wall²

First recorded in 1590–1600