thin sheet used to cover walls or partitions

Building boards made for surfacing, rather than for insulating ceilings and walls. Wallboards include plywood, tapered-edge and other plasterboard, and glossy laminated plastics glued to a backing of hardboard or plywood. Hardboards give some insulation, are fairly cheap, and much quicker to put up than matchboard, but most of them cannot be installed in a damp place such as a bathroom.!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8039990704443990"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel ="6807473505"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "FF3300";

Wood pulp, gypsum, or similar materials made into large rigid sheets that may be fastened to the frame of a building to provide a surface finish.

Eight-by-four sheet of material attached to a wall's studs.

Compacted gypsum with a paper exterior and cut into sheets and attached to the wall studs. More commonly referred to as sheetrock but also called plasterboard or dry wall. Most common size, eight by four sheets.

a sheet, usually 4' x 8 to 12', of gypsum or similar material, which is attached to the studs (frame) of a wall and forms a surface which can be finished (painted, wallpapered, etc.)

See Drywall.

Sheets of compacted gypsum with a paper exterior. Also known as dry wall, sheetrock, gypsum board, and plaster board.