drywall, plasterboard – Drywall is a building material made of a sheet of plaster covered with heavy paper on both sides; it is also called plasterboard. More…
gypsum – From Semitic, a relative or ancestor of Arabic jibs and Hebrew gephes, “plaster.” More…
plaster of Paris – So called because it is prepared from the gypsum of Paris, France. More…
trullization – Laying on plaster with a trowel. More…