GYPSUM BOARD

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gypsum board mean? 

• GYPSUM BOARD (noun)
  The noun GYPSUM BOARD has 1 sense:

1. wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bounded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls

  Familiarity information: GYPSUM BOARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYPSUM BOARD (noun)

Meaning:

Wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bounded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gypsum board; plasterboard

Hypernyms ("gypsum board" is a kind of...):

drywall; wallboard (a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gypsum board"):

Sheetrock (a kind of plasterboard)