joint

joint  (joint) n. 1. a. A place or part at which two or more things are joined. b. A way in which two or more things are joined: a mortise-and-tenon joint; flexible joints. 2. Anatomy a. A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion. b. A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod. 3. Botany An articulation on a fruit or stem, such as the node of a grass stem. 4. Geology A fracture or crack in a rock mass along which no appreciable movement has occurred. 5. A large cut of meat for roasting. 6. Slang a. A cheap or disreputable gathering place: "The tavern is . . . just a joint with Formica tables, a vinyl floor, lights over the mirrors" Scott Turow. b. A building or dwelling. c. A prison. Often used with the. 7. Slang A marijuana cigarette. 8. Vulgar Slang A penis. adj. 1. Shared by or common to two or more: our joint presence; a joint income-tax return. 2. Sharing with another or others: a joint tenant. 3. Formed or characterized by cooperation or united action: joint military maneuvers. 4. Involving both houses of a legislature: a joint session of Congress. 5. Law Regarded as one legal body; united in identity of interest or liability. 6. Mathematics Involving two or more variables. tr.v. joint·ed, joint·ing, joints 1. To combine or attach with a joint or joints: securely jointed the sides of the drawer. 2. To provide or construct with joints: joint a boom on a crane. 3. To separate (meat) at the joints. Idiom: out of joint 1. Dislocated, as a bone. 2. Informal a. Not harmonious; inconsistent. b. Out of order; inauspicious or unsatisfactory. c. In bad spirits or humor; out of sorts. [Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of joindre, to join; see join.]

joint top to bottom: end-lap, doweled, and spline joints

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joint

Adjective

shared by or belonging to two or more parties: the two countries have issued a joint statement

Noun

1. Anat the junction between two or more bones: a hip joint

2. a junction of two or more parts or objects: a mortar joint

3. a piece of meat suitable for roasting

4. Slang a building or place of entertainment: strip joints

5. Slang a cannabis cigarette

6. out of joint

a. Informal out of order or out of keeping: they find their routine lives out of joint with their training

b. (of a bone) knocked out of its normal position

7. put someone's nose out of joint See nose (sense 10)

Verb

1. to provide a joint or joints

2. to cut or divide (meat) into joints

jointed adj
jointly adv

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joint  (joint) 1. Anatomy A usually movable body part in which adjacent bones are joined by ligaments and other fibrous tissues. See also ball-and-socket jointhinge joint 2. Zoology A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod. 3. Botany A point on a plant stem from which a leaf or branch grows.

joint anterior view of a knee joint showing arrangement of ligaments and menisci

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Joint of osteopaths—Mensa.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	joint - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) articulatio, articulation fetlock, fetlock joint - the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern hock-joint, hock - tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle stifle, knee - joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee elbow - the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity 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 articulatory system - the system of joints in the body fibrous joint, sutura, suture - an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint - a joint so articulated as to move freely endoskeleton - the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	2.	joint - a disreputable place of entertainment jook house, jook joint, juke, juke house, juke joint, jook - a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox spot - a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
	3.	joint - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made join, articulation, junction, juncture esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium connexion, link, connection - a connecting shape
	4.	joint - a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion roast cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass 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
	5.	joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together ball-and-socket joint - a joint that can rotate within a socket butt joint, butt - 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 junction, conjunction - something that joins or connects 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 joint, scarf - 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
	6.	joint - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick 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 cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag, butt - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Verb	1.	joint - fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly" fit, go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle"
	2.	joint - provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" articulate carpentry, woodworking, woodwork - the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	3.	joint - fasten with a joint fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
	4.	joint - separate (meat) at the joint disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
Adj.	1.	joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners" collective - forming a whole or aggregate common - belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" integrated - not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups; "integrated schools" shared - have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately" united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front" separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
	2.	joint - affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership" shared - have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately"
	3.	joint - involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress" many-sided, multilateral - having many parts or sides

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joint

adjective 1. shared, mutual, collective, communal, united, joined, allied, combined, corporate, concerted, consolidated, cooperative, reciprocal, collaborative

noun 2. junction, union, link, connection, knot, brace, bracket, seam, hinge, weld, linkage, intersection, node, articulation, nexus >> adjective articular

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Connotes activities, operations, organizations, etc., in which elements of two or more Military Departments participate.

Translations

joint [dʒɔɪnt] n (TECH) → juntura, unión f;

(ANAT) → articulación f;

(BRIT) (CULIN) → pieza de carne (para asar);

(col) (= place); garito

adj (= common) → común (= combined); conjunto; [responsibility] → compartido; [committee] → mixto

joint [dʒɔɪnt] n (Tech) → jointure f; joint m;

(Anat) → articulation f, jointure;

(Brit) (Culin) → rôti m;

(inf) (= place); boîte f [of cannabis]; joint

adj → commun(e); [committee] → mixte, paritaire; [winner] → ex aequo;

joint responsibility → coresponsabilité f

joint [dʒɔɪnt] n (in woodwork) → Fuge f;

(in pipe etc) → Verbindungsstelle f;

(Anat) → Gelenk nt;

(Brit) (Culin) → Braten m;

(inf) (place) → Laden m;

(000) (of cannabis) → Joint m

adj → gemeinsam;

(combined) → vereint

joint [dʒɔɪnt] n (TECH) → giuntura; giunto;

(ANAT) → articolazione f; giuntura;

(BRIT ) (CULIN) → arrosto;

(col) (= place); locale m

adj → comune; [responsibility] → collettivo/a; [committee] → misto/a

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joint

n joint [dʒoint]

1 the place where two or more things join The plumber tightened up all the joints in the pipes.geleding; skarnier; voeg, naat; verbinding, aanknopingspunt, dwarsspleet, skeur, naatمَفْصَلточка на свързванеspojsammenføjningdie Verbindungsstelleαρμός, ένωσηjunta, juntura, uniónliitekohtبست؛ اتصالsaumaraccordמָקוֹם חִיבּוּרशरीर का जोड़spojcsatlakozássambungansamskeytigiuntura継ぎ目접합 부분sujungimas, sandūrasavienojums; salaidumsbertembungverbindingsstukskjøt, sammenføyningzłączejunturaîncheietură, racord; racordareстыкspojspojspojsammanfogning, fog, skarvรอยต่อek yeri, eklenti接頭, 接縫точка сполучення, стикنقطئہ اتصالchỗ nối接头, 接缝

2 a part of the body where two bones meet but are able to move in the manner of eg a hinge The shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles are joints.gewrigمَفْصَل في الجِسِمставаkloubleddas Gelenkάρθρωσηarticulaciónliigesمفصلnivelarticulationמִפְרָקशरीर का जोड़zglobízületsendiliðamótarticolazione関節관절sąnaryslocītavasambungangewrichtleddstawarticulaçãoarticulaţieсуставkĺbsklepzglobledข้อต่อmafsal, eklem關節суглобجسم میں دو ہڈّیوں کا نقطئہ اتصال، جوڑkhớp关节

3 a piece of meat for cooking containing a bone A leg of mutton is a fairly large joint.vleisstukلَحْمِة الفَخْذбутkýtastegdas Bratenstückκομμάτι κρέας που περιέχει κόκαλοcorte de carne para asar(kondiga) lihatükkشقهpaistirôtiנֵתָח בָּשָׂר גָדוֹלपकाने के लिए हड्डी वाला गोश्त का एक टुकड़ाkomad mesaegybesült (hús)daging sendikjötstykkipezzo/taglio di carne骨付き肉(마디를 따라 자른) 고깃덩이mėsos gabalasgurna gabals (cepetim)sendibraadstukstekudziecpernilpulpă de carneкусок мяса на косточкеstehnopečenkakolenicastek, styckad bitเนิ้อติดกระดูกbut帶骨肉кусок м'яса з кісткоюگوشت کا ہڈی والا ٹکڑاsúc thịt带骨肉

adj

1 united; done together the joint efforts of the whole team.verenigde, gesamentlikeمُتَّحِدсъвместенspojenýforenetgemeinschaftlichσυλλογικός, από κοινούunidoühineمشترکyhteinenconjuguéבִמשוּתָףसाझे काudruženegyüttesgabungansameinaðurcongiunto合同の공동의jungtinis, bendrasapvienotsbersamagezamenlijkfelles, samlet, forentpołączonyconjuntounit; îmbinatсовместныйspojenýskupenudruženförenadพร้อมกันortak, müşterek聯合的об'єднанийمشترکcùng联合的

2 shared by, or belonging to, two or more She and her husband have a joint bank account.gesamentlikeمُشْتَرَكобщspolečnýfællesgemeinsamκοινόςcolectivo, mutuoühineمشترکyhteinencommunמְשוּתָףसाझाzajedničkiközösgabungansameiginlegurcomune共同の공유의bendraskopīgs; kopējsbersamagezamenlijkfelles-wspólnyconjuntocomunобщийspoločnýskupenzajedničkigemensamร่วมกันortak, müşterek共有的спільнийمتحدchung共有的

v

to divide (an animal etc for cooking) at the, or into, joints Joint the chicken before cooking it.stukkend snyيُقَطِّعُ اللحْمَтранжирамrozčtvrtitskære opzerlegenκομματιάζωdescuartizartükeldamaبریدن؛ شقه شقه کردنpaloitelladépecerלְחַלֵקटुकड़े करनाrasjećifelvágmemotong-motongbútatagliare, fare a pezzi関節で切り分ける접합하다supjaustyti, sukapotisadalīt (pa sastāvdaļām)potonganin stukken snijdendele opp i stykkerrozebraćdividir em porçõesa tranşaрасчленятьrozštvrtiťrazkosatitranžiratidela, styckaแบ่งเนื้อสัตว์โดยแยกออกเป็นชิ้นๆ ตามข้อต่อของกระดูกก่อนนำไปประกอบอาหารeklemlerinden ayırmak, kesmek(從關節處)切斷розбиратиپکانے سے پہلے گوشت کے ٹکڑے کرناchia nhỏ（从关节处）切断

adj ˈjointed

1 having (especially movable) joints a jointed doll.gewrigteذو مفاصِلс разглобяеми частиkloubovýleddeltmit Gelenkenαρθρωτόςarticuladolülidegaتا شوnivelikäsarticuléעִם מִפרָקִיםजोड़ वालाkoji ima pomične zglobovecsuklósbersendimeð liðamótsnodabile継ぎ目のある이음매가 있는, 마디로 된per sąnarius lankstomasar locītavām; kustīgsbersendigewrichtleddet, med bevegelige leddruchomyarticuladoarticulatна шарнирахkĺbovýs premičnimi sklepipokretljiv u zglobovimaledadที่มีรอยต่อรอยเชื่อมกันeklemli有關節的шарнірнийمتحرک جوڑوں والاcó khớp有关节的

2 (of an animal etc for cooking) divided into joints or pieces a jointed chicken.verdeel, stukkend snyمُقَطَّع إلى قِطَعтранжиранrozčtvrcenýudskåretzerlegtκομματιασμένοςcortado a piezas, descuartizadotükeldatudتکه تکه شدهpaloiteltudépecéמְחוּלַקटुकड़े किया कोई जानवरrasječenbontottterpotong-potongniðurskorinn, bútaðurtagliato a pezzi切り分けられた(요리할 수 있게) 잘린supjaustytas, sukapotassadalītspotonganin stukken gesnedenpartert, oppdeltrozebranydesmembradotranşatрасчленённыйrozštvrtenýrazkosanistranžiranstyckad, deladชิ้นเนื้อparçalanmış(從關節處)切斷的розібранийپکانے کے لیے ٹکڑوں میں کٹا ہواđược chia nhỏ（从关节处）切断的

adv ˈjointly

together They worked jointly on this book.gesamentlikمعاً، سويَّةًзаедноspolečněi fællesskabgemeinschaftlichαπό κοινούconjuntamentekoosمشترکاًyhdessäensembleבְּיָחַדमिलकरzajedničkiegyüttesenbersamasameiginlegacongiuntamente共同で함께kartukopīgibersamasamensammen, i fellesskapwspólnieem conjuntoîmpreunăсовместноspoločneskupajzajedničkigemensamt, samfälltด้วยกันbirlikte, beraber共同地спільно, разомمشترکہ طور پرcùng共同地

out of joint

(of a limb etc) not in the correct place; dislocated He put his shoulder out of joint when he moved the wardrobe.uit lit, uit die voeëلَيس في المَكان الصَّحيحизкълченvykloubenýaf ledverrenktεξαρθρωμένοςdislocadoدر رفتهsijoiltaandémisלֹא תָקִיןगलत जगह पर रखनाizmještenkificamodott (végtag)terkilirúr liði; úr lagislogato関節がはずれて잘못 놓인, 뒤죽박죽인išnarintasizmežģītsterseliuhontwrichtute av leddzwichniętydeslocadodislo­catвывихнутьvykĺbenýizpahniti (si)iščašen (iz zgloba)ur ledผิดที่ผิดทางçıkmış, çıkık脫臼的вивихнутий, вивихненийجوڑ سے کھسکی ہوئی ہڈیtrật khớp脱臼的

see also join .