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rejoist

rejoist verb: to replace the joists of.

Verb

rejoist (third-person singular simple present rejoists, present participle rejoisting, simple past and past participle rejoisted)

  1. (transitive) To replace the joists of.
    • First, I replaced the old roof completely, removing the shingles and rejoisting the framework.1976, Old-House Journal, volume 4, number 8, page 2

Forms of rejoist

third-person singular presentrejoists
present participlerejoisting
past participlerejoisted
pastrejoisted

Origin of rejoist

From re- + joist.

Questions about rejoist

What does rejoist mean?
Rejoist means to replace the joists of.
What part of speech is rejoist?
Rejoist is a verb.
What is the past tense of rejoist?
The past tense of rejoist is rejoisted.

Words near rejoist in the dictionary

  1. rejoins
  2. rejoint
  3. rejointed
  4. rejointing
  5. rejoints
  6. rejoist
  7. rejoisted
  8. rejoisting
  9. rejoists
  10. rejolt
  11. rejolted

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