Sheetrock

Sheetrock
/sheet"rok'/, Trademark.
a brand name for a plasterboard of gypsum between paper.

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  • Sheetrock — trademark used for drywall …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Sheetrock —  , for a type of plasterboard, is a trademark …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Sheetrock — n. brand name for a plasterboard made of paper bonded to a gypsum plaster core …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Sheetrock — noun a kind of plasterboard • Usage Domain: ↑trademark • Hypernyms: ↑plasterboard, ↑gypsum board …   Useful english dictionary

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