plasterboard
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tərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd, ˈplɑ noun
a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
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| a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls | |
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plasterboard
any of various large, rigid sheets of finishing material used in drywall construction to face the interior walls of dwellings and other buildings. Drywall construction is the application of walls without the use of mortar or plaster.
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Example sentences
Fills cracks and other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sands patch using patching plaster, trowel and sanding tool.
Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering.
It is a monumental piece on three walls, painted on heavy plasterboard, and it tells a simple story of good overcoming evil.
The wall has been faced with plaster over wooden lath which has in tum been covered by plasterboard hung on studs.
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