plasterboard

English edit

Etymology edit

plaster +‎ board

Noun edit

plasterboard (plural plasterboards)

A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core.

Synonyms edit

Thesaurus:drywall

Translations edit

rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core

Bulgarian: гипсокартон m (gipsokarton)
Finnish: kipsilevy (fi)
Georgian: გიბსოკარდონი (gibsoḳardoni)
Greek: γυψοσανίδα (el) f (gypsosanída), ασβεστόπλακα f (asvestóplaka)
Hungarian: gipszkarton (hu)
Irish: plástarchlár m
Italian: cartongesso (it) m
Portuguese: placa de gesso f, gesso cartonado m
Russian: гипсокарто́н (ru) m (gipsokartón)
Swedish: gipsplatta (sv) c, gipsskiva (sv) c
Ukrainian: гіпсокарто́н (uk) m (hipsokartón)

Verb edit

plasterboard (third-person singular simple present plasterboards, present participle plasterboarding, simple past and past participle plasterboarded)

(transitive) To fit or reinforce with plasterboard.