: 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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The collapse left her living room blanketed in drywall pieces and insulation bits and damaged some of her possessions.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Before the earnings call, the retailer announced a deal to acquire Foundation Building Materials, a company that distributes drywall and other construction materials to professional builders—even though products for do-it-yourself projects make up 70% of Lowe’s sales, Reuters reported.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Car seats, bed frames, drywall and much more lay discarded on the curb.
—Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Prior to that, the company abated the asbestos and took down drywall to a construction and debris landfill.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Before the earnings call, the retailer announced a deal to acquire Foundation Building Materials, a company that distributes drywall and other construction materials to professional builders—even though products for do-it-yourself projects make up 70% of Lowe’s sales, Reuters reported.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Car seats, bed frames, drywall and much more lay discarded on the curb.
—Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Prior to that, the company abated the asbestos and took down drywall to a construction and debris landfill.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Drywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drywall. Accessed 11 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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