1
: a widely distributed mineral consisting of hydrous calcium sulfate that is used especially as a soil amendment and in making plaster of paris
2
: drywall
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During the Cold War, Stalin, facing a champagne ban, ordered the establishment of a high-end facility there, in a former gypsum mine more than two hundred feet underground.
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Boris Fishman, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The mallow survives in otherwise inhospitable soils, found often on gypsum outcrops.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
White Sands National Park includes 275 square miles of glistening gypsum sand — the largest dunefield of its kind on Earth — surrounded by the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
Coal, sand, gypsum, and fly ash, crucial ingredients in making cement, all arrive at the plant by truck, and huge trucks leave to deliver cement wherever it is needed within driving distance.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
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Boris Fishman, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The mallow survives in otherwise inhospitable soils, found often on gypsum outcrops.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
White Sands National Park includes 275 square miles of glistening gypsum sand — the largest dunefield of its kind on Earth — surrounded by the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
Coal, sand, gypsum, and fly ash, crucial ingredients in making cement, all arrive at the plant by truck, and huge trucks leave to deliver cement wherever it is needed within driving distance.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
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gypsum
noun
gyp·sum
ˈjip-səm 
: a colorless mineral that consists of calcium sulfate occurring in crystals or masses and that is used especially as a soil improver and in making plaster of paris
Medical Definition
gypsum
noun
gyp·sum
ˈjip-səm
: a widely distributed mineral CaSO4·2H2O consisting of hydrous calcium sulfate that is used especially as a soil amendment and in making plaster of paris
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