MEANING
The mortar visible in masonry joints, or the work of finishing those joints.
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Words that belong together
- repoint damaged pointing
- lime pointing
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The pointing had crumbled beneath the leaking gutter.
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Word forms
- Base
- pointing
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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