joint

joint

joint (third-person singular simple present joints, present participle jointing, simple past and past participle jointed)

1. (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.

   Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. - Alexander Pope

2. (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

   Jointing their force gainst Cæsar. - William Shakespeare

3. (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

   The fingers are jointed together for motion. - Ray.

4. (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

   He joints the neck. - Dryden.

   Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. - Holland.

5. (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.

joint (plural joints)

1. The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.

   This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.

2. The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

   The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.

3. (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
4. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A means of joining two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.

   The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.

5. A cut of meat.

   Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.

6. (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
7. (originally slang) A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.

   It was the kind of joint you wouldnt want your boss to see you in.

8. (slang) (always with the) prison

   Im just trying to stay out of the joint.

9. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.

   After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.

joint (not comparable)

1. Done by two or more people or organisations working together.

   The play was a joint production between the two companies.

	articolazione
	part of the body where bones join

	canna
	marijuana cigarette
	A cigarette rolled using cannabis.

	spinello
	marijuana cigarette

	diaclasi
	geologic joint

	giunto
	joint with freedom to rotate

	giuntura
	Any part of the body where two bones join

comune

articolare

bettola

collegare

collegiale

colletivo

combinato

congiungere

congiunto

congiuntura

congiunzione

connessione

connettere

cuocio

frattura

ginocchio

giunzione

guarnizione

incastro

litoclasi

nodo

raccordare

raccordo

snodo

taglio di carne per arrosti

unire

unito

Altri significati:

(transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.

(geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.

(transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

(intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.

A cut of meat.

rigid joint

(transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

(carpentry) A means of joining two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

prison

a verse (e.g. in the Bible)

joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

business

(transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.

(slang) A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.

doing together (as equals)

(slang) ( '''always with ''' the) prison

point of a rigid joint, means of joining in carpentry

done by two or more people or organisations working together

(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

Done by two or more people or organisations working together.

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