: 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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In other words, this isn’t just a matter of replacing some drywall and installing a new countertop.
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Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 6 Dec. 2024
The manufacturer sent along simple plastic anchors to put into the drywall.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
Stick with lighter stuff: small branches, leaves, bits of drywall, smatterings of sand.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Many years of searching have led to the realization that home isn’t about the two-by-fours and drywall.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 6 Dec. 2024
The manufacturer sent along simple plastic anchors to put into the drywall.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
Stick with lighter stuff: small branches, leaves, bits of drywall, smatterings of sand.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Many years of searching have led to the realization that home isn’t about the two-by-fours and drywall.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Drywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drywall. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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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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