Definitions for the word "joint" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. a.
Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. a.
Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. a.
Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. t.
To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. t.
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. i.
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. n.
1 place at which two or more things or parts of a structure are joined; device for joining these. 2 point at which two bones fit together. 3 division of an animal carcass as meat. 4 slang restaurant, bar, etc. 5 slang marijuana cigarette. 6 geol. Crack in rock. adj. 1 held, done by, or belonging to, two or more persons etc. (joint mortgage; joint action). 2 sharing with another (joint author; joint favourite). v. 1 connect by joint(s). 2 divide at a joint or into joints. out of joint 1 (of a bone) dislocated. 2 out of order. jointly adv. [french: related to *join]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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