Definition of Pointing

  • (n.) The act of sharpening.
  • (n.) The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
  • (n.) The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
  • (n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
  • (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
  • (n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Point

Synonyms of Pointing


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Antonyms of Pointing


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Homophones of Pointing


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