Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A trademark for drywall.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable 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.
  • noun countable Any of the various thicknesses and grades of such material.
  • noun A wall made of this.
  • verb To install and finish Sheetrock.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a kind of plasterboard

Etymologies

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sheet + rock

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Examples

  • This is why drywall was affectionately given the name Sheetrock years ago.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • Sheetrock is also more expensive here than in the USA.

    Sheetrock? 2002

  • I wondered who invented the product usually called Sheetrock, why, when and if they were imprisoned for the new creation.

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  • So the product frequently referred to as Sheetrock is almost 100 years old.

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  • So the product frequently referred to as Sheetrock is almost 100 years old.

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  • USG produces drywall under the name brand "Sheetrock," which is sometimes used interchangeably when referring to drywall in the U.S.

    news | SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com 2009

  • His “storage” method consisted of throwing spent shell casings in Sheetrock buckets in the barn.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Suddenly the lobby door crashed into the adjacent wall and stayed there, the knob half-buried in the Sheetrock.

    Least Resistance 2009

  • Renovation of this house began by covering the knotty pine ceilings with Sheetrock and putting a wood floor over the plywood.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • The tangy pine of freshly cut lumber, the chalky smell of Sheetrock mud, and the sourness of paint primer.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

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