Plasterboard is cardboard covered with plaster which is used for covering walls and ceilings instead of using plaster.
plasterboard in British English
(ˈplɑːstəˌbɔːd)
noun
a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls
plasterboard in American English
(ˈplæstərˌbɔrd; ˈplɑstərˌbɔrd)
US
noun
thin board consisting of a core of plaster of Paris covered with heavy paper, used in wide sheets as a base or substitute for plaster in walls, partitions, etc.
Examples of 'plasterboard' in a sentence
plasterboard
Timber cladding, plasterboard, thick rugs on the walls do a lot to damp down sounds.
Brierley, David SNOWLINE (2002)
The holes in the plasterboard walls of his hall bear eloquent testimony to his frustrations.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
Dehydrated cheese omelette - you ever taste squashy plasterboard ?
Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS (2002)
These rooms were separated from the rest of the loft by a framework of lumber that had not yet had plasterboard applied to it.