joint Definition

joint
noun

1. The place where two or more pieces join.

Thesaurus: juncture, nexus, junction, intersection, link, confluence, seam, articulation, connection, hinge, copula, bridge.
2. anatomy.
In vertebrates: the point of contact or articulation between two or more bones, together with the ligaments that surround it.
3. A piece of meat, usually containing a bone, for cooking or roasting.
4. slang
A cheap shabby café, bar or nightclub, etc.
Thesaurus: hang-out (slang), hole in the wall (slang), haunt, dive (slang).
5. slang
A cannabis cigarette.
6. geol.
A crack in a mass of rock.

verb jointed, jointing

1. To connect to something by joints.
2. To divide (a bird or animal) into, or at, the joints for cooking.

adj

1. Owned or done, etc in common; shared.

Example: joint responsibility
2. Working together.

Derivative: jointed

Having joints.

Composed of segments.

Derivative: jointly
adverb

With someone else; together
Thesaurus: mutually, conjointly, together, in combination, concomitantly, concurrently; Antonym: singly, separately.

Derivative: jointness
noun

Idiom: out of joint

Said of a bone: dislocated.
Thesaurus: dislocated, disjointed, fractured.

In disorder.

Etymology: 13c: French, from joindre to join.