JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joint mean? 

• JOINT (noun)
  The noun JOINT has 6 senses:

1. (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

2. a disreputable place of entertainment

3. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

4. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

5. junction by which parts or objects are joined together

6. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

  Familiarity information: JOINT used as a noun is common.

• JOINT (adjective)
  The adjective JOINT has 3 senses:

1. united or combined

2. affecting or involving two or more

3. involving both houses of a legislature

  Familiarity information: JOINT used as an adjective is uncommon.

• JOINT (verb)
  The verb JOINT has 4 senses:

1. fit as if by joints

2. provide with a joint

3. fasten with a joint

4. separate (meat) at the joint

  Familiarity information: JOINT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio; articulation; joint

Hypernyms ("joint" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "joint"):

hip socket (the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone)

articular muscle (a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joint"):

knee; stifle (joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee)

articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis; synovial joint (a joint so articulated as to move freely)

fibrous joint; sutura; suture (an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull))

elbow (the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow)

hock; hock-joint (tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle)

fetlock; fetlock joint (the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern)

Holonyms ("joint" is a part of...):

articulatory system (the system of joints in the body)

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disreputable place of entertainment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("joint" is a kind of...):

spot (a business establishment for entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joint"):

jook; jook house; jook joint; juke; juke house; juke joint (a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

articulation; join; joint; junction; juncture

Hypernyms ("joint" is a kind of...):

connection; connexion; link (a connecting shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joint"):

esophagogastric junction; oesophagogastric junction (the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium)

Derivation:

joint (fasten with a joint)

joint (provide with a joint)

joint (fit as if by joints)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

joint; roast

Hypernyms ("joint" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joint"):

blade roast (a roast cut from the blade)

pot roast (cut of beef suitable for simmering in liquid in a closed pot)

rib roast; standing rib roast (a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs)

top round (roast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting)

rump roast (a cut of beef or veal from the fleshy hindquarters of the animal)

beef roast; roast beef (cut of beef suitable for roasting)

roast veal; veal roast (cut of veal suitable for roasting)

lamb roast; roast lamb (a cut of lamb suitable for roasting)

pork roast; roast pork (cut of pork suitable for roasting)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Junction by which parts or objects are joined together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("joint" is a kind of...):

conjunction; junction (something that joins or connects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joint"):

butt; butt joint (a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping)

flexible joint; hinge (a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other)

hinge joint; knuckle joint (a joint allowing movement in one plane only)

lap joint; splice (joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together)

miter; miter joint; mitre; mitre joint (joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner)

mortise-and-tenon joint; mortise joint (a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other)

rabbet joint (a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards)

scarf; scarf joint (a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end)

seam (joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces)

toggle joint (a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint)

weld (a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together)

ball-and-socket joint (a joint that can rotate within a socket)

Derivation:

joint (fasten with a joint)

joint (fit as if by joints)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

joint; marijuana cigarette; reefer; spliff; stick

Hypernyms ("joint" is a kind of...):

butt; cigaret; cigarette; coffin nail; fag (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)

Meronyms (substance of "joint"):

cannabis; ganja; marihuana; marijuana (the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect)

• JOINT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United or combined

Context example:

joint owners

Similar:

clannish (characteristic of a clan especially in being unified)

concerted; conjunct; conjunctive; cooperative (involving the joint activity of two or more)

conjoined; conjoint (consisting of two or more associated entities)

collective; corporate (done by or characteristic of individuals acting together)

cosignatory (signing jointly with others)

Also:

collective (forming a whole or aggregate)

common (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public)

integrated (not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups)

shared (have in common; held or experienced in common)

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

Antonym:

separate (independent; not united or joint)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Affecting or involving two or more

Context example:

joint ownership

Similar:

shared (have in common; held or experienced in common)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Involving both houses of a legislature

Context example:

a joint session of Congress

Similar:

many-sided; multilateral (having many parts or sides)

• JOINT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fit as if by joints

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The boards fit neatly

Hypernyms (to "joint" is one way to...):

fit; go (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)

joint (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with a joint

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

articulate; joint

Context example:

the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood

Hypernyms (to "joint" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

carpentry; woodwork; woodworking (the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

joint (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)

jointer (a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fasten with a joint

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "joint" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)

joint (the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Separate (meat) at the joint

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "joint" is one way to...):

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

An inflammatory process affecting a joint.

(Arthritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by inflammation involving a joint.

(Arthritis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A disease that causes inflammation and pain in the joints.

(Arthritis, NCI Dictionary)

But whenever any of us are taken away our joints at once stiffen, and we can only stand straight and look pretty.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.

(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)

Your arms are also made up of muscles, joints, tendons and other connective tissue.

(Arm Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in your joints.

(Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

The spheroid synovial joints between the metacarpals and the proximal phalanges of the hand.

(Metacarpophalangeal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

I have seen a white mare of our family thread a needle (which I lent her on purpose) with that joint.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A spheroid joint located between the heads of the metatarsal bone and the base of the proximal phalanx of the toe.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)