drywall

noun

dry·wall ˈdrī-ˌwȯl

: 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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More than 70% of the imports of two essential materials that home builders rely on — softwood lumber and gypsum (used for drywall) — come from Canada and Mexico, respectively. —

Kristian Burt, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025 When installing shelving, make sure it's secured into studs, rather than drywall—this ensures the shelves stay where they're mounted and don't fall out after a few weeks. —

Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025 But the challenge is pods aren’t cost-effective enough on scale to replace all drywall use in an office space. —

Richard Lawson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 Those gases, another study suggested, could have been absorbed by textiles, mattresses, and maybe even the wood framing and drywall in homes. —

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