plasterboard

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noun

A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core.

Similar
drywallgypsum board
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Meanings

nounplasterboard (countable and uncountable, plural plasterboards)

plural plasterboards

  1. countableuncountableA construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core.

    Synonyms: drywall

verbplasterboard (third-person singular simple present plasterboards, present participle plasterboarding, simple past and past participle plasterboarded)

present singular third person plasterboards · participle present plasterboarding · participle past plasterboarded · past plasterboarded

  1. transitiveTo fit or reinforce with plasterboard.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core.

Similar
drywall

More synonyms by meaning

nounwallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls

Similar
gypsum board
Broader
wallboarddrywalldry wall
Also see
drywallgypsum board

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From plaster + board.

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Translations

Bulgarian гипсокартон
  • гипсокартон (gipsokarton)rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Finnish kipsilevy
  • kipsilevyrigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Greek γυψοσανίδα, ασβεστόπλακα
  • γυψοσανίδα (gypsosanída)rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
  • ασβεστόπλακα (asvestóplaka)rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Hungarian gipszkarton
  • gipszkartonrigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Irish plástarchlár
  • plástarchlárrigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Italian cartongesso
  • cartongessorigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Polish płyta gipsowo-kartonowa, płyta karton-gips
  • płyta gipsowo-kartonowarigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
  • płyta karton-gipsrigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
  • płyta regipsowarigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
  • regipsrigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Portuguese placa de gesso, gesso cartonado
  • placa de gessorigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
  • gesso cartonadorigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Russian гипсокарто́н
  • гипсокарто́н (gipsokartón)rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Swedish gipsplatta, gipsskiva
  • gipsplattarigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
  • gipsskivarigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Ukrainian гіпсокарто́н
  • гіпсокарто́н (hipsokartón)rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core
Cite this entry
APA

plasterboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasterboard

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“plasterboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasterboard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plasterboard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasterboard.

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