Gyprock
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Rock rich in gypsum; gypsic soil. countable, uncountable
"Some high quality white or variously tinted fine-grained gyprocks, usually referred to as alabaster, were used as interior facing stones and for small statues and carved decorative objects found in Egyptian pyramids"
- 2 Drywall. countable, uncountable
"Cinder blocks were more durable, however, and soon gypsum was redirected for “gyprock” drywall, a wallboard..."
- 1 To drywall. transitive
Synonyms
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More examples"Even though, in the capitalist system, I made money, I don't really believe in it. I still believe, as I did in high school, in some form of communism. A society that primarily worries about money is a dysfunctional society. All people need is decent health care, decent housing, decent transportation, decent education, decent food, decent whatever, etc. We don't need extravagance. Where I live, a house typically costs a million dollars or more. Why does it cost so much, here on grey-pavement parking-lot wasteland, the Flat Mountain, Lulu Island? The houses aren't even reinforced concrete structures as in Asia, but flimsy gyprock, wood, etc. Lulu Island isn't as if a suburb of Barcelona or something posh and cultural. Why do we have to worry about money?"
Etymology
Blend of gypsum + rock.
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