DRYWALL

wallboard, drywall, dry wall

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

drywall (countable and uncountable, plural drywalls)

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

A wall made of this.

A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.

Synonyms

• drywall

Verb

drywall (third-person singular simple present drywalls, present participle drywalling, simple past and past participle drywalled)

To install and finish drywall.

Synonyms

• sheetrock

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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