MEANING
To renew the exposed mortar in the joints of brickwork or stonework.
Use it for
visible repair; maintenance; masonry conservationDescribe a limited repair accurately instead of saying the wall was rebuilt.
Words that belong together
- repoint brickwork
- repoint the chimney
- freshly repointed wall
On the page
They hired a mason to repoint the garden wall.
The chimney was repointed before the roof tiles were replaced.
He spent the summer repointing brickwork that his grandfather had laid.
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Word forms
- Base
- repoint / repoints
- Past tense
- repointed
- Past participle
- repointed
- Present participle
- repointing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- repoint / repoints
- Present continuous
- am/is/are repointing
- Present perfect
- have/has repointed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been repointing
- Past
- repointed
- Past continuous
- was/were repointing
- Past perfect
- had repointed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been repointing
- Future
- will repoint / repoints
- Future continuous
- will be repointing
- Future perfect
- will have repointed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been repointing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Repairs joints, not the bricks or stones themselves; not the same as rebuilding the entire wall. Verb: repoint, repoints, repointed, repointed, repointing. Related noun: pointing.
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