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Covered up by old plasterboard walls was a servants’ staircase.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024
There's also plasterboard (the ideal base for plaster or lime wash thanks to its highly absorbent materials), and VOC-absorbing drywall, which captures and traps chemicals and other VOCs (like those found in some paints).
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 6 May 2023
The price of plasterboard is rising too.
—Laura He, CNN, 18 May 2021
Replace the parquet with herringbone, the GE with Wolf, the popcorn ceilings with tailored plasterboard and recessed lighting?
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2021
When the plasterboard was yanked away, the strikingly original movable glass walls of the classrooms were revealed.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2022
Light construction – when the only support is a wooden, concrete or metal structure – requires the use of light materials, such as plasterboard.
—Steve Banker, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
The groups began pelting each other with shoes, buckets, shampoo bottles, and pieces of plasterboard.
—Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
The first problem is that massive TVs are incredibly heavy and unsuitable for today’s modern plasterboard walls.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024
There's also plasterboard (the ideal base for plaster or lime wash thanks to its highly absorbent materials), and VOC-absorbing drywall, which captures and traps chemicals and other VOCs (like those found in some paints).
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 6 May 2023
The price of plasterboard is rising too.
—Laura He, CNN, 18 May 2021
Replace the parquet with herringbone, the GE with Wolf, the popcorn ceilings with tailored plasterboard and recessed lighting?
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2021
When the plasterboard was yanked away, the strikingly original movable glass walls of the classrooms were revealed.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2022
Light construction – when the only support is a wooden, concrete or metal structure – requires the use of light materials, such as plasterboard.
—Steve Banker, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
The groups began pelting each other with shoes, buckets, shampoo bottles, and pieces of plasterboard.
—Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
The first problem is that massive TVs are incredibly heavy and unsuitable for today’s modern plasterboard walls.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
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“Plasterboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plasterboard. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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plasterboard
noun
plas·ter·board
ˈplas-tər-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: drywall
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