Meanings
noun
- Panels used for drywall construction.
Synonyms: wallboard, plasterboard, Gibraltar board, GIB wall, ceiling linings, rock lath, drywall
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPanels used for drywall construction.
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nounwallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls
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Translations
Finnish kipsilevy
- kipsilevydrywall panels
German Rigips
- Rigipsdrywall panels
Greek γυψοσανίδα
- γυψοσανίδα (gypsosanída)drywall panels
Hungarian gipszkarton
- gipszkartondrywall panels
Polish płyta gipsowo-kartonowa, płyta karton-gips
- płyta gipsowo-kartonowadrywall panels
- płyta karton-gipsdrywall panels
- płyta regipsowadrywall panels
- regipsdrywall panels
Russian гипсокарто́н
- гипсокарто́н (gipsokartón)drywall panels
Spanish gypsum board
- gypsum boarddrywall panels
Ukrainian гіпсокарто́н
- гіпсокарто́н (hipsokartón)drywall panels
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APA
gypsum board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gypsum%20board
MLA
“gypsum board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gypsum%20board. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gypsum board,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gypsum%20board.
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