: a board made of several plies of fiberboard, paper, or felt bonded to a hardened gypsum plaster core and used especially as wallboard
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Hurson also allowed some drywall work for the office space to be constructed.
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead of small neighborhood stores with limited inventory, Marcus and Blank imagined warehouse-sized spaces filled with everything homeowners or contractors might need — from lumber and drywall to appliances and lighting.
—Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
She wasn’t reported missing until the following day, when Octavius Hayes, her teenage son who spent the night of the party at a friend’s house, couldn’t find his mother but did find a hole in the drywall that was not there before.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
That includes remove concrete walls and drywall.
—Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead of small neighborhood stores with limited inventory, Marcus and Blank imagined warehouse-sized spaces filled with everything homeowners or contractors might need — from lumber and drywall to appliances and lighting.
—Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
She wasn’t reported missing until the following day, when Octavius Hayes, her teenage son who spent the night of the party at a friend’s house, couldn’t find his mother but did find a hole in the drywall that was not there before.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
That includes remove concrete walls and drywall.
—Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Drywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drywall. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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drywall
noun
dry·wall
ˈdrī-ˌwȯl 
: a board made of layers of fiberboard, paper, or felt bonded to a plaster core
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