Synonyms for gypsum

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jip-suh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪp səm

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Définition of gypsum

Origin : substance (hydrated calcium sulphate) used in making plaster, late 14c., from Latin gypsum, from Greek gypsos "chalk," according to Klein, perhaps of Semitic origin (cf. Arabic jibs, Hebrew gephes "plaster").

As in plaster : noun thick, gooey material that hardens

Example sentences :

Green and red marl, shale, and shaly limestone with some veins of gypsum.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

Beds of gypsum have been discovered on the head waters of the Pere Marquette.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

To every hundred pounds of this powder, about three pounds of gypsum is added.
Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan

The United States is the largest producer of gypsum in the world.
Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith

Production of gypsum in the United States comes from eighteen states.
Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith

In some of these domes are also found petroleum, gypsum, and sulphur (p. 110).
Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith

They remembered the gypsum hills over which they had ridden on the preceding day.
Extract from : « The Boy Hunters » by Captain Mayne Reid

"There is an extensive underlying layer of gypsum, here," he said.
Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun

The polish is not lasting, however, because the skin of gypsum is very thin.
Extract from : « The Invention of Lithography » by Alois Senefelder

At Gypsum creek our latitude was 36 10being the utmost northing we had made.
Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX » by Various

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