Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rebuild
nounrebuilding (plural rebuildings)
plural rebuildings
- The act of building something again.
These have certainly witnessed many events of interest, chief among them, undoubtedly, being the rebuilding of the Bulleid Pacifics.
1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 1601 more example
The complete 1892 rebuilding, indeed, followed an accident in 1890, when No. 6 ran away down the Buckley branch, and got badly smashed up in a collision at Connah's Quay.
1944 May and June, “Notes and News: A Much Transformed Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 186
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Translations
Finnish jälleenrakennus
- jälleenrakennusact of building again
French réédification
- réédificationact of building again
German Wiederaufbau
- Wiederaufbauact of building again
Irish atógáil
- atógáilact of building again
Norwegian Bokmål gjenoppbygging
- gjenoppbyggingact of building again
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APA
rebuilding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuilding
MLA
“rebuilding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuilding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebuilding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuilding.
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