wallboard

noun

Etymology

From wall + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as wallboard — “wall + board”

Definitions

  1. A construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum…

    A construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.

    • Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. One hook should be sufficient to swag a lamp from a ceiling outlet.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wallboard. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA