: 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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Installing shelves on tile takes more effort than drilling into drywall, so be sure to choose the right size and type of tile bit for your drill.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024
Everything is secured into place using drywall anchors and screws.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
Since then crews have been installing new drywall and insulation, which is expected to be completed by Monday, Salamanca said.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Seefried, 54 a drywall installer from Maryland, was memorialized carrying a Confederate flag in one of the most indelible photographs taken on Jan. 6 — parading with a symbol of the proslavery Civil War rebels through the halls of the U.S. Capitol.
—Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Wood, drywall, tiles, roof shingles — all these items often wind up jumbled together for dropoff at the landfill.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
That will include drywall and plaster work, painting, plumbing and eventually building a parking lot.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Within the following days, workers also sanitized facilities and pulled out wet drywall.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Extra insulation and drywall keep the converted garage comfortable nearly year-round.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2024
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024
Everything is secured into place using drywall anchors and screws.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
Since then crews have been installing new drywall and insulation, which is expected to be completed by Monday, Salamanca said.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Seefried, 54 a drywall installer from Maryland, was memorialized carrying a Confederate flag in one of the most indelible photographs taken on Jan. 6 — parading with a symbol of the proslavery Civil War rebels through the halls of the U.S. Capitol.
—Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Wood, drywall, tiles, roof shingles — all these items often wind up jumbled together for dropoff at the landfill.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
That will include drywall and plaster work, painting, plumbing and eventually building a parking lot.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Within the following days, workers also sanitized facilities and pulled out wet drywall.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Extra insulation and drywall keep the converted garage comfortable nearly year-round.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2024
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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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