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Definition of 'joint'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) joint
the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or so as to permit motion.

2.  joint
a connection between pieces of wood, metal, etc., often reinforced with nails, screws, or glue.

3.  joint
the place of union between two bones or elements of a skeleton, whether fixed or permitting movement.

4.  joint
the mechanical form of such a union:
the ball-and-socket joint of the hip; the hinge joint of the elbow.

5.  joint
the structural components, as the adjacent bone edges and their attachments.

6.  joint
the place of articulation between two parts or segments of an insect, crustacean, or other arthropod.

7.  joint
the node of a plant stem where a leaf or branch emerges, esp. when bent at an angle.

8.  joint
a large piece of meat, usu. with a bone, esp. a piece suitable for roasting.

9.  joint
Slang. a marijuana cigarette.

10.  joint
Slang.

11.  joint
a cheap or disreputable place of public entertainment.

12.  joint
a dwelling or establishment.

13.  joint
prison.

14.  joint
a fracture plane in crystalline or sedimentary rock, commonly arranged in intersecting sets.

15.  joint
Math.

16.  joint
Slang: Usu. Vulgar. penis.

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"

12. (verb) joint
fasten with a joint

13. (verb) joint
separate (meat) at the joint

Definition of 'joint'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) joint
a point where bones meet 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 more smooth 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.

Translation of 'joint'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the place where two or more things join The plumber tightened up all the joints in the pipes.
Afrikaans: geleding; skarnier; voeg,	Arabic: مَفْصَل	Bulgarian: точка на свързване
Brazilian: junta	Czech: spoj	German: die Verbindungsstelle
Danish: sammenføjning	Greek: αρμός, ένωση	Spanish: junta, juntura, unión
Estonian: liitekoht	Farsi: بست؛ اتصال	Finnish: liitos
French: raccord	Hebrew: מָקוֹם חִיבּוּר	Hindi: शरीर का जोड़
Croatian: spoj	Hungarian: csatlakozás	Indonesian: sambungan
Icelandic: samskeyti	Italian: giuntura	Japanese: 継ぎ目
Korean: 접합 부분	Lithuanian: sujungimas, sandūra	Latvian: savienojums; salaidums
Malay: bertembung	Dutch: verbindingsstuk	Norwegian: skjøt, sammenføyning
Polish: złącze	Persian: بست؛ اتصال	Pashto: بند (لكه دلاس وپښو): هغه
Portuguese: juntura	Romanian: încheietură, racord; raco	Russian: стык
Slovak: spoj	Slovenian: spoj	Serbian: spoj
Swedish: sammanfogning, fog, skarv	Thai: รอยต่อ	Turkish: ek yeri, eklenti
Taiwanese: 接頭, 接縫	Ukrainian: точка сполучення, стик	Urdu: نقطئہ اتصال
Vietnamese: chỗ nối	Chinese: 接头，接缝
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