Joint - Definition

joint

adj 1: united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint
owners" [ant: separate]
2: affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax
return"; "joint ownership"
3: involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of
Congress"
n 1: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or
elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
[syn: joint, articulation, articulatio]
2: a disreputable place of entertainment
3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint,
juncture, junction]
4: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
slicing into more than one portion [syn: roast, joint]
5: junction by which parts or objects are joined together
6: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn:
joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff]
v 1: fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly"
2: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of
wood" [syn: joint, articulate]
3: fasten with a joint
4: separate (meat) at the joint

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