: 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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Just as Costco and Walmart identified vulnerabilities in food supply chains, and Amazon and Wayfair recognized efficiencies in logistics, Home Depot is moving upstream in drywall, ceilings, and steel framing, categories highly exposed to tariffs and supply shocks.
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Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The collapse left her living room blanketed in drywall pieces and insulation bits and damaged some of her possessions.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Forget about using plastic anchors or oversize plastic screws designed for fastening heavy pictures to drywall.
—Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Car seats, bed frames, drywall and much more lay discarded on the curb.
—Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The collapse left her living room blanketed in drywall pieces and insulation bits and damaged some of her possessions.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Forget about using plastic anchors or oversize plastic screws designed for fastening heavy pictures to drywall.
—Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Car seats, bed frames, drywall and much more lay discarded on the curb.
—Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Drywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drywall. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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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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