mending

Plural: mendings

Noun

• Items of clothing or fabric needing to be repaired.
• garments that must be repaired
• the act of putting something in working order again
• The act by which something is mended or repaired.

Verb

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
• heal or recover
  • "My broken leg is mending"
• present participle and gerund of mend

Examples

• He had a pile of tiles on his rack, like a basket of MENDING, waiting for a perfect fit.

Synonyms

bushel, doctor, fix, fixing, fixture, furbish up, heal, mend, repair, reparation, restore, touch on

Antonyms

break