: 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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His dedication transformed the project into a labor of love, built as much with determination as with drywall and nails.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 26 July 2025
Accepted debris includes drywall and insulation, carpeting and rugs, furniture, tree limbs and yard debris and bagged household waste.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Finch, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years, first as a renter and later as the owner of a unit in a brownstone, sought to bring out the industrial history buried under all that bland, whitewashed drywall.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 July 2025
For instance, the cost of changing drywall to cement board (Durock is one brand) can be more than double.
—Jessica Meszaros, NPR, 12 June 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 26 July 2025
Accepted debris includes drywall and insulation, carpeting and rugs, furniture, tree limbs and yard debris and bagged household waste.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Finch, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years, first as a renter and later as the owner of a unit in a brownstone, sought to bring out the industrial history buried under all that bland, whitewashed drywall.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 July 2025
For instance, the cost of changing drywall to cement board (Durock is one brand) can be more than double.
—Jessica Meszaros, NPR, 12 June 2025
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“Drywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drywall. Accessed 5 Aug. 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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