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Drywall


  • Here are entered works on sheets or panels of wallboard made with a gypsum core covered with paper. Works on sheets or panels of various materials used as substitutes for wooden boards or plaster in the construction of interior walls and ceilings, including sheets or panels of plywood, fiberboard, gypsum drywall, and laminated plastics, are entered under [Wallboard.]
  • URI(s)

  • Variants

    • Dry wall
    • Gypsum board
    • Gypsum drywall
    • Gypsum wallboard
    • Plaster board
    • Plasterboard
    • Sheetrock (Trademark)
  • Broader Terms

  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Narrower Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Dry wall
    • Plaster board
    • Plasterboard
  • Sources

    • found: Amer. Heritage Dict.(dry wall or drywall; plasterboard; gypsum board see plasterboard; wallboard see plasterboard; Sheetrock, trademark for plasterboard)
    • found: Building trades dict., 1996(drywall, also gypsum drywall, Sheetrock, wallboard; gyspum board see drywall; plasterboard see drywall; wallboard see drywall)
    • found: McGraw-Hill dict. of engineering, 1984(dry wall; gypsum board; gypsum wallboard; plasterboard; Sheetrock)
    • found: Random House dict.(dry wall or drywall; gypsum board; plasterboard; Sheetrock)
    • found: Stein, J. Construction glossary, 1993:p. 267 (dry wall) p. 493 (drywall) p. 494 (gypsum board) p. 496 (gypsum plaster board; gypsum wallboard) p. 499 (plasterboard) p. 501 (Sheetrock)
    • found: Webster, L. Contractors' dict. of equipment, tools, and techniques, 1995(drywall, also called gypsum board; plasterboard)
    • found: Web. 3(plasterboard; Sheetrock)
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on sheets or panels of wallboard made with a gypsum core covered with paper. Works on sheets or panels of various materials used as substitutes for wooden boards or plaster in the construction of interior walls and ceilings, including sheets or panels of plywood, fiberboard, gypsum drywall, and laminated plastics, are entered under [Wallboard.]
  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Wallboard]
  • Instance Of

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  • Change Notes

    • 1998-03-25: new
    • 1998-04-21: revised
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