: 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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Cracked Drywall Minor vertical cracks in the drywall might appear over time without any real cause for concern.
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Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
Like the man who found an 84-year-old biscuit in his grandmother's freezer, or the couple that found an impressive set of shelves hidden behind a drywall.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Trade professionals and home improvement DIYers often buy heavy-duty handheld vacuums to clean job site messes like sawdust, drywall dust or wood shavings.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Before being shuttered in 2021, CoreCivic’s Leavenworth facility served as a maximum-security federal prison, housing violent offenders on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service in 192,000 square feet of stark white cinder blocks, drywall and closed-circuit television cameras.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
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Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
Like the man who found an 84-year-old biscuit in his grandmother's freezer, or the couple that found an impressive set of shelves hidden behind a drywall.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Trade professionals and home improvement DIYers often buy heavy-duty handheld vacuums to clean job site messes like sawdust, drywall dust or wood shavings.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Before being shuttered in 2021, CoreCivic’s Leavenworth facility served as a maximum-security federal prison, housing violent offenders on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service in 192,000 square feet of stark white cinder blocks, drywall and closed-circuit television cameras.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Drywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drywall. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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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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