sheetrock means 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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From sheet + rock.
noun
- 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.
- Any of the various thicknesses and grades of such material.
- A wall made of this.
- A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall.
verb
- To install and finish Sheetrock.
- To install and finish sheetrock.