wallboard
Gypsum sheet material
Wallboard is a rigid panel used to cover interior walls and ceilings, typically made of gypsum plaster pressed between paper sheets.
It's nailed or screwed to studs, then taped and painted to create smooth surfaces.
Also called drywall, Sheetrock, or plasterboard.
The contractor hung wallboard in the basement.
Hydrated calcium sulfate
- plasterboardGypsum-core building panel
- sheetrockGypsum building panels
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- studsStructural wall timbers
joists · fasteners · screws · nails · adhesive · installation · hanging · cutting
Compressed wood pulp material
- hardboardCompressed wood fiber sheet
- beaverboardPressed wood-pulp panel
- pressboardCompressed wood-fiber sheet
- chipboardCompressed wood-scrap sheets
plywood · laminate · corkboard · pegboard · greenboard · paperboard · composite
Thing that partitions
- cubiclePartitioned office workspace
- demountableAble to be detached
- modularMade of separable units
- movableCapable of being relocated
temporary · office · enclosure · screen · barrier · separating · sectioning · open-plan
Preventing noise transmission
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- dampingDissipation of vibrational energy
- quietLacking in sound
gypsum
Hydrated calcium sulfate
- plasterboardGypsum-core building panel
- sheetrockGypsum building panels
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
studs · joists · fasteners · screws · nails · adhesive · installation · hanging · cutting · measuring
fiberboard
Compressed wood pulp material
- hardboardCompressed wood fiber sheet
- beaverboardPressed wood-pulp panel
- pressboardCompressed wood-fiber sheet
chipboard · plywood · laminate · corkboard · pegboard · greenboard · paperboard · composite
divider
Thing that partitions
- cubiclePartitioned office workspace
- demountableAble to be detached
- modularMade of separable units
movable · temporary · office · enclosure · screen · barrier · separating · sectioning · open-plan · reconfigurable
soundproofing
Preventing noise transmission
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- dampingDissipation of vibrational energy
- wallsbulkhead, rampart, bastion, bulwark, barricade
- drywallplasterboard, Sheetrock, greenboard, taping knife, joint compound
- building materialslumber, concrete blocks, concrete, wood, brick
- Gypsumgypsum, selenite, alabaster, anhydrite, desert rose
wallboardplaster
Wall-coating paste
wet plaster · lath and plaster · stucco · mud wall · adobe
wallboardframing
Structural or contextual shaping
studs · load-bearing wall · wall studs · joists · beams