pointing

[poin-ting]

noun

1. (in masonry) mortar used as a finishing touch to brickwork.

pointing

/ ˈpɔɪntɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of repairing or finishing joints in brickwork, masonry, etc, with mortar

2. 1. the insertion of marks to indicate the chanting of a psalm or the vowels in a Hebrew text

   2. the sequence of marks so inserted

Other Word Forms

• unpointing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pointing¹

First recorded in 1835–45; point + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Discovery WBD 3.98%increase; green up pointing triangle , a merger that would unite some of the entertainment industry’s most valuable assets under one roof.

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“I remember my window was there,” said one Gazan, pointing to where his house used to be.

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Burbank police wrote on Instagram, sharing a picture of the men crouched below the balcony railing with a label saying “Suspects” and an arrow pointing down at them.

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Current Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has rejected this claim, pointing out that a number of former senior security and legal officials have also questioned the government's argument.

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But Jefferson and then Jackson ultimately brought these rural farmers into their wider coalitions, altering American capitalism by pointing it west.

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