Definition for Pointing:

• The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.

Synonyms for Pointing:

• adj.

  •directed (adjective)
  • looking,
  • turned,
  • facing,
  • Fronting,
  • stretched toward.

• n.

  •
  • brick,
  • aggregate,
  • brownstone,
  • asbestos,
  • board,
  • boarding,
  • adobe,
  • cement,
  • caulk,
  • bitumen.
  •
  • masonry,
  • building,
  • development,
  • fortification,
  • develop,
  • construction,
  • lay,
  • assemblage,
  • assembly.

• v.

  •perforating (verb)
  • boring,
  • Skewering,
  • Spiking,
  • Lancing,
  • poking,
  • Gouging,
  • Spearing,
  • drilling,
  • Punching,
  • Perforating,
  • piercing,
  • penetrating,
  • needling,
  • Puncturing,
  • sticking.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • erection.
  •blade
  • trowel.

Paraphrases for Pointing:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    point.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    pinpointing.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    scoring.
  • Proper noun, singular
    says, scoring.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Appointing, information, Mentioning, Presenting, note, Noting, notes, Hinting, highlighting, highlights, emphasising, demonstrating, Illustrating, comment, Commenting, underscoring, Appertaining, Testifying, portraying, orienting, insisting, reporting, Contemplating, resubmitting, Containing, emphasizing, Acknowledging, documenting, commemorating, Suggesting, Noticing, complaining, informing, open, opening, Proving, Outlining, underlined, underlining, contending, Pertaining, Invoking, distinguishing, Notifying, Citing, importing, Explaining, Stipulating, showcasing, confirming, moving, Denoting, groundbreaking, Constituting, featuring, enticing, piloting, issuing, Involving, reaffirming, Initiating, withdrawing, referencing, criticizing, Criticising, Celebrating, Transforming, depicting, symbolising, Purporting, completing, showing, Displaying, Quoting, Nominating, identifying, disclosing, knocking, mentoring, olding, honouring, signaling, Signalling, reinforcing, repeating, Including, finalizing, reminding, Implying, Recognizing, stress, stresses, stressing, communicating, diverting, Elucidating, observing, Associating, telling, underlying, Reiterating, recording, transmitting, Attesting, breaking, Certifying, Designating, Converting, summarizing, submits, Concentrating, commends, assigning, Objecting, persisting, upholding, Articulating, Exposing, asserting, Attempting, conducting, summoning, touching, Gesturing, approaching, shooting, Describing, concluding, performing, Considering, Exhibiting, exhibits, guidance, Managing, Declaring, protesting, Recommending, marking, reflecting, Practising, Alleging, Embodying, leaving, Evidencing, Announcing, clarified, clarifying, entering, Affirming, pressing, steering, equipping, specified, Specifying, leveraging, guiding, picking, Labelling, condemning, Advising, believing, Prescribing, restating, belonging, returning, ticking, Capturing, Censuring, framework, saying, appearing, Attracting, Lifting, resulting, Denouncing, pushing, recalling, exercising, determining, signing, signs, directing, finding, Replying, revealing, Attaching, paying, locating, Placing, supplying, turning, Evoking, warning, counseling, counselling, appealing, emerging, Expressing, Choosing, arguing, according, Checking, remembering, Cruising, qualifying, facing, Singling, paving, Addressing, killing, striking, bring, bringing, screening, urging, holding, Arising, commanding, Peaking, arriving, tending, Blaming, listing, refining, pulling, targeting, speaking, defending, clearing, Manning, going, Conferring, detailing, accusing, Claiming, Elaborating, Robbing, Referring, refers, refering, Exerting, Arousing, focusing, focussing, levering, wounding, pleading, sending, Adding, Requesting, pursuing, putting, asking, Relating, Relying, Chairing, Luring, setting, Electing, drawing, seeing, falling, shaping, raising, coming, acting, driving, causing, being, Realizing, heading, assuring, Dialing, ranging, Carrying, leading, starring, calling, talking, giving, mugging, rendering, Waging, looking, demanding, running, meaning, Forming, letting, Alluding, Having, riding, Doing, Him, Stating, making, naming.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    pointer.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pointer.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    scoring.

Pointing Sentence Examples:

• See where I'm pointing?

• The old woman nodded with the same little frown; and he, pointing toward the hall door, walks away silently in that direction.