gypsum board

noun

1. wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.

Example Sentences

Mr Adams-King, cabinet member for universal services, said the charges currently helped pay for the recycling or disposal of DIY waste, such as soil, rubble, asbestos and gypsum board, which require specialist processing.

From BBC

The sellout crowd oohed and aahed at the engineering marvel — 11,000 tons of corrugated metal, gypsum board and PVC membrane by some miracle sliding into its nesting place high atop right field in 10 or so tidy minutes.

From Seattle Times

At the upper secondary school, gypsum board, which is made from limestone and not flammable, is used to add an extra layer of protection on the interior walls on higher floors.

From BBC

Wood siding is not forbidden, but it has to be flanked with noncombustible gypsum board.

From Slate

Ms. Morrison said Housing Authority workers used gypsum board to cover a portion of her bedroom wall, close to where Saheed had slept in a crib for the first years of his life.

From New York Times