joint has definitions from the fields of business,anatomy,chemistry,food
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[ adjective ] united or combined

Examples

"a joint session of Congress" "joint owners"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

As a contemporary bonus , the set includes Carl_Sandburg 's address at a joint session of Congress , delivered on Lincoln 's birthday two years ago .

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

There are other good representations of peasants and people of the court by actors who are finely costumed and magnificently photographed in this last of the Russian films to reach this country in the program of joint cultural exchange .

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[ noun ] (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if the articulation allows motion)

Used in print

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

It is as_follows : `` The usual sensitivity tests showed that the specific qualities of skin-perceptiveness ( pressure , pain , temperature ) , as_well_as the kinesthetic sensations ( muscular feelings , feelings in the tendons and joints ) , were , as_such , essentially intact , although they seemed , in_comparison_with normal reactions , to be somewhat diminished over the entire body .

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

They lay on his lap , palms up , stiffly motionless , the tapered fingers a_little thick at the joints .

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[ adjective ] affecting or involving two or more

Examples

"joint income-tax return" "joint ownership"

Used in print

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

The brothers continued to help each other during their studies , sharing a joint purse , lodging together in the dormitory and dining together at the home of their aunt .

Related terms

shared

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[ noun ] (business) a disreputable place of entertainment

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Also on the bill at the Fifty-fifth_Street is a nice ten minute color film called `` Sunday_in_Greenwich_Village '' , a tour of the haunts and joints .

Related terms

spot

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[ verb ] provide with a joint

Synonyms

articulate

Examples

"the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

Synonyms

roast

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[ noun ] junction by which parts or objects are joined together
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[ verb ] fit as if by joints

Examples

: "The boards fit neatly"

Related terms

fit

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[ adjective ] involving both houses of a legislature

Examples

"a joint session of Congress"

Related terms

bilateral

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[ verb ] separate (meat) at the joint

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separate

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[ verb ] fasten with a joint

Related terms

fasten

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[ noun ] the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
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[ noun ] marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

Related terms

cigarette jook cannabis

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