Meanings
plural wallboards
- countableuncountableA construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.
Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. One hook should be sufficient to swag a lamp from a ceiling outlet.
1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting, page 19Synonyms: drywall
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian гипсокартон
- гипсокартон (gipsokarton)a construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
Finnish kipsilevy
- kipsilevya construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
Hungarian gipszkarton
- gipszkartona construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
Irish ballachlár
- ballachlára construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
Polish płyta gipsowo-kartonowa, płyta karton-gips
- płyta gipsowo-kartonowaa construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
- płyta karton-gipsa construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
- płyta regipsowaa construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
- regipsa construction material of premade boards used for walls and ceilings
Cite this entry
wallboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallboard
“wallboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wallboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallboard.
Source: wallboard on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.