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repointing

repointing is the present participle and gerund of repoint.

Meaning of repoint

Verb

repoint (third-person singular simple present repoints, present participle repointing, simple past and past participle repointed)

  1. To replace or repair the pointing in brickwork.
    Synonyms:
    rejoint

Noun

repointing (countable and uncountable, plural repointings)

  1. The process of renewing mortar joints in masonry
    • But if it is done in conjunction with repointing of the building, the work would probably qualify as a major capital improvement.2007 February 11, Jay Romano, “Triggering a Rent Increase”, in New York Times

Forms of repointing

pluralrepointings

Questions about repointing

What does repointing mean?
Repointing means the process of renewing mortar joints in masonry.
What is repointing the present participle and gerund of?
Repointing is the present participle and gerund of repoint.
What part of speech is repointing?
Repointing is a noun.
What is the plural of repointing?
The plural of repointing is repointings.

Words near repointing in the dictionary

  1. repods
  2. repoed
  3. repoing
  4. repoint
  5. repointed
  6. repointing
  7. repointings
  8. repoints
  9. repoire
  10. repolarisation
  11. repolarisations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repointing (page history and authors); repoint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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