PLASTERBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plasterboard mean? 

• PLASTERBOARD (noun)
  The noun PLASTERBOARD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PLASTERBOARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASTERBOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded 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 ("plasterboard" is a kind of...):

dry wall; 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 "plasterboard"):

Sheetrock (a kind of plasterboard)