OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13484

gypsum

/ˈd͡ʒɪp.səm/
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A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
Besides being abundant, gypsum is easily refined into a powder for plaster or formed into sheets of wallboard.
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