: 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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Construction workers stayed home in droves, roofing and drywall jobs halted, nannies refused to take their young charges to parks and some normally busy neighborhoods became sudden ghost towns.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
Damage to Lowery, Lowery and Cherry's law office on the southeast quadrant of the square included broken windows with glass scattered throughout the first floor, metal lodged in the wall and floor, front door, light and drywall damage, attorney Jeff Lowery said.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
New home constructions often rely on goods such as softwood timber from Canada and gypsum, a key product for cement and drywall, from Mexico.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The skills taught in the program cover the basics of carpentry, plumbing, electrical work and drywall installation.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
Damage to Lowery, Lowery and Cherry's law office on the southeast quadrant of the square included broken windows with glass scattered throughout the first floor, metal lodged in the wall and floor, front door, light and drywall damage, attorney Jeff Lowery said.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
New home constructions often rely on goods such as softwood timber from Canada and gypsum, a key product for cement and drywall, from Mexico.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The skills taught in the program cover the basics of carpentry, plumbing, electrical work and drywall installation.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 26 June 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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