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Sheetrock

noun

Etymology

Genericized trademark (originally, and also, Sheetrock); from sheet + rock.

  1. derived from rocca
  2. derived from roche
  3. inherited from *rocc✻ — “rock”
  4. inherited from rocke
  5. compounded as sheetrock — “sheet + rock”

Definitions

  1. Drywall

    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.

  2. Any of the various thicknesses and grades of such material.

  3. A wall made of this.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To install and finish Sheetrock.

    2. A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy…

      A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall.

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