Home › Words › D › drywalldrywall/ˈdraɪˌwɔːl/drywall means A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.drywall is pronounced /ˈdraɪˌwɔːl/.EtymologyFrom dry + wall.nounA building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.e.g.“As moldy drywall thudded to the curb in a depressing drumbeat throughout Breezy Point, Queens, Thomas Ryan’s reciprocating saw stood out like a growling declaration of impatience.” — 2012 December 21, David M. Halbfinger, Charles V. Bagli, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild Now”, in New York Times:A wall made of this.A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.verbTo install and finish drywall.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.drywalling 87% match — The installation and finishing of drywall. vs drywall →drywaller 68% match — A construction worker who specializes in laying drywall. vs drywall →dryline 61% match — To line (a wall) with plasterboard or similar. vs drywall →dryliner 59% match — A construction worker who does drylining. vs drywall →papering 57% match — Wallpaper. vs drywall →paperhanging 55% match — The trade of hanging wallpaper on walls. vs drywall →sheetrock 55% match — Drywall; plasterboard; a building material comprising a layer of gypsum plaster sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings. vs drywall →ceil 55% match — To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. vs drywall →