17. (adj.)joint shared by or common to two or more: joint custody.
18. joint undertaken or produced by two or more in common: a joint effort.
19. joint sharing or acting in common: joint authorship.
20. joint joined or associated, as in relation, interest, or action: joint owners.
21. joint Law. joined together in obligation or ownership.
22. joint of or pertaining to both branches of a bicameral legislature: a joint session of Congress.
23. (v.t.)joint to unite by a joint.
24. joint to form or provide with joints.
25. joint to cut (meat, fowl, etc.) at the joints so as to separate into pieces: to joint a chicken.
26. joint to prepare (a board or the like) for fitting in a joint, as by truing the edge.
27. (v.i.)joint to fit together by or as if by joints.
28. joint dislocated, as a bone.
29. joint in a disordered state.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF joint, jointe < L junctum, juncta, neut. and fem. of junctus, ptp. of jungere to join)
Definition of 'Joint'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)joint, articulation, articulatio (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
2. (noun)joint a disreputable place of entertainment
3. (noun)articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
4. (noun)roast, joint a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
5. (noun)joint junction by which parts or objects are joined together
6. (adj)joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
7. (adj)joint united or combined "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"
8. (adj)joint affecting or involving two or more "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership"
9. (verb)joint involving both houses of a legislature "a joint session of Congress"
10. (verb)joint fit as if by joints "The boards fit neatly"
11. (verb)joint, articulate provide with a joint "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
1. (noun)joint a point where bonesmeet and the body part bends the elbow/knee joint
2. joint a small inexpensive bar, club, or restaurant a little joint in downtown Reno
3. joint a large piece of meat to roast to carve the joint
4. (adjective)joint involving two or more people or groups a joint effort by the two groups to raise money; joint owners of the hotel chain; We paid for it jointly.
Definition of 'Joint'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Joint joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action
2. (adj)Joint involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together
3. (adj)Joint united, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc
4. (adj)Joint shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond
5. (noun)Joint the place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or moresmooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe
6. (noun)Joint a joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation
7. (noun)Joint the part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg
8. (noun)Joint any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting
9. (noun)Joint a plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification
10. (noun)Joint the space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint
11. (noun)Joint the means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together
12. (verb)Joint to unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards
13. (verb)Joint to join; to connect; to unite; to combine
14. (verb)Joint to provide with a joint or joints; to articulate
15. (verb)Joint to separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat
16. (verb)Joint to fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly
Definition of 'Joint'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. Joint Connotes activities, operations, organizations, etc., in which elements of two or more Military Departments participate.