noun
- a building material consisting of a layer of gypsum plaster sandwiched between two sheets of paper, used for interior walls and ceilings
Usage: chiefly British
Examples
- The contractor installed plasterboard throughout the new house.
- We need to repair the hole in the plasterboard wall.
- Plasterboard is lighter and easier to work with than traditional plaster.
- The electrician cut through the plasterboard to access the wiring.
- They painted directly onto the plasterboard after priming it.
- The plasterboard sheets were delivered to the construction site.