Definition of
Joint
- (noun, artifact) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- (noun, artifact) junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- (noun, artifact) a disreputable place of entertainment
- (noun, body) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- (noun, food) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- (noun, shape) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- (verb, contact) separate (meat) at the joint
- (verb, contact) fasten with a joint
- (verb, possession) provide with a joint
- (verb, stative) fit as if by joints
- (adj, all) involving both houses of a legislature
- (adj, all) united or combined
joint owners - (adj, all) affecting or involving two or more
joint ownership
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Joint
articulate, articulatio, articulation, join, junction, juncture, marijuana cigarette, reefer, roast, spliff, stick
Antonyms of Joint
Alternate forms of Joint
Hyponyms: articulatio synovialis, ball-and-socket joint, beef roast, blade roast, butt, butt joint, diarthrosis, elbow, esophagogastric junction, fetlock, fetlock joint, fibrous joint, flexible joint, hinge, hinge joint, hock, hock-joint, jook, jook house, jook joint, juke, juke house, juke joint, knee, knuckle joint, lamb roast, lap joint, miter, miter joint, mitre, mitre joint, mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint, oesophagogastric junction, pork roast, pot roast, rabbet joint, rib roast, roast beef, roast lamb, roast pork, roast veal, rump roast, scarf, scarf joint, seam, splice, standing rib roast, stifle, sutura, suture, synovial joint, toggle joint, top round, veal roast, weld
Hypernyms: body part, butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, conjunction, connection, connexion, cut, cut of meat, disunite, divide, fag, fasten, fit, fix, furnish, go, junction, link, part, provide, render, secure, separate, spot, supply
Origin of the word Joint
- late 13c., "a part of a body where two bones meet and move in contact with one another," from O.Fr. joint, from L. junctus, pp. of jungere "join" (see jugular). Slang meaning of "place, building, establishment" (esp. one where persons meet for shady activities) first recorded 1877, Amer.Eng., from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion o… more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Joint
jacinth, jack kennedy, jaconet, jacques monod, jagannath, jagannatha, jagganath, jaish-e-muhammad, jaish-i-mohammed, jammed, jane doe, jaunt, jaunty, jean monnet, jejunity, jennet, jnd, jocund, jocundity, john dewey, john doe, joined, jointed, jomada i, jomada ii, jook joint, juke joint, jumada i, jumada ii, jument, junta, junto
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