Joints Meaning and Definition

Word: Joints

How to pronounce: ʤɔɪnt

Noun

Definitions:

1. A point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined.

Example sentences: "Seal the joint between the roof and the house wall"

2. A structure in the human or animal body at which two parts of the skeleton are fitted together.

Example sentences: "She suffers from stiff joints and finds bending difficult"

3. An establishment of a specified kind, especially one where people meet for eating, drinking, or entertainment.

4. A cannabis cigarette.

5. A piece of creative work, especially a musical recording.

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Shared, held, or made by two or more people together.

Example sentences: "A joint statement"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Provide or fasten (something) with joints.

Example sentences: "Other dolls, Lily and Jane, made in Germany, had jointed arms and legs, eyelashes, eyes that opened and shut and real hair."

2. Cut (the body of an animal) into joints for cooking.

Example sentences: "Use a sharp knife to joint the bird"

Synonyms:

cooperative

prison

establishment

butt joint

junction

juncture

connection

weld

coupling

articulation

shared

collective

common

communal

public

mutual

conjoint

collaborative

simultaneous

hinge

knuckle

hock

pivot

united

solidary

combined

conjunct

pooled

articular

join

articulate

spliff

Antonyms:

individual

Derivations:

jointing

jointure

joining

jointer

jointly

jointed

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Joints in Other Languages...

Spanish: Articulación

German: Gemeinsam

French: Conjoint

Italian: Congiunto

Turkish: Eklem