Usually means: Mineral used in building materials.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. gypsum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. gypsum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gypsum: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gypsum: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gypsum, gypsum: Wordnik
  6. gypsum: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gypsum: Wiktionary
  8. gypsum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gypsum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. gypsum: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. gypsum: Dictionary.com
  12. gypsum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Gypsum (disambiguation), Gypsum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Gypsum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. gypsum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. gypsum: Rhymezone
  17. Gypsum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. gypsum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. gypsum: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. gypsum: FreeDictionary.org
  21. gypsum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. gypsum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. gypsum: Merriam-Webster
  24. gypsum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gypsum: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Gypsum: Energy Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gypsum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. gypsum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. gypsum: Medical dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. gypsum: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Gypsum: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  4. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  5. GYPSUM: The Mineral Gallery

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gypsum: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Roofing Terms (No longer online)
  4. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Paper Making (No longer online)
  6. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Gypsum: Pottery Studio

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.

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