joint
joint is a 5-letter English word with 29 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
- noun. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.
- noun. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.
- noun. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
- noun. A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
- noun. The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
- noun. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
- adjective. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
- adjective. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
- adjective. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.
- adjective. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
- transitive verb. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
- transitive verb. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- transitive verb. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- transitive verb. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
- intransitive verb. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
- noun. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- noun. junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- noun. a disreputable place of entertainment
- noun. (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
- noun. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- noun. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- verb. separate (meat) at the joint
- verb. fasten with a joint
- verb. provide with a joint
"the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
- verb. fit as if by joints
"The boards fit neatly"
- adjective. involving both houses of a legislature
"a joint session of Congress"
- adjective. united or combined
"a joint session of Congress"
"joint owners"
- adjective. affecting or involving two or more
"joint income-tax return"
"joint ownership"
Synonyms
reefer, spliff, stick, articulatio, articulation, roast, join, junction, juncture, articulate
Common word forms
joints, jointed, jointer, jointly, jointing, jointless
Words from these letters
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