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English adjective: joint | |||
| 1. | joint united or combined | ||
| Samples | A joint session of Congress. Joint owners. | ||
| Similar | clannish, collective, concerted, conjoined, conjoint, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative, corporate, cosignatory | ||
| See also | collective, common, integrated, shared, united | ||
| Antonyms | separate | ||
| 2. | joint affecting or involving two or more | ||
| Samples | Joint income-tax return. Joint ownership. | ||
| Similar | shared | ||
| Antonyms | unshared | ||
| 3. | joint involving both houses of a legislature | ||
| Samples | A joint session of Congress. | ||
| Similar | many-sided, multilateral | ||
| Antonyms | unilateral, one-sided | ||
English noun: joint | |||
| 1. | joint (body) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) | ||
| Synonyms | articulatio, articulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body part | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, elbow, fetlock, fetlock joint, fibrous joint, hock, hock-joint, knee, stifle, sutura, suture, synovial joint | ||
| Part holonym | articular muscle, hip socket | ||
| Part meronym | articulatory system, endoskeleton | ||
| Domain category | anatomy, general anatomy | ||
| 2. | joint (artifact) a disreputable place of entertainment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spot | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jook, jook house, jook joint, juke, juke house, juke joint | ||
| 3. | joint (shape) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | ||
| Synonyms | articulation, join, junction, juncture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connection, connexion, link | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction | ||
| 4. | joint (food) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion | ||
| Synonyms | roast | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut, cut of meat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beef roast, blade roast, lamb roast, pork roast, pot roast, rib roast, roast beef, roast lamb, roast pork, roast veal, rump roast, standing rib roast, top round, veal roast | ||
| 5. | joint (artifact) junction by which parts or objects are joined together | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conjunction, junction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ball-and-socket joint, butt, butt joint, flexible joint, hinge, hinge joint, knuckle joint, lap joint, miter, miter joint, mitre, mitre joint, mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint, rabbet joint, scarf, scarf joint, seam, splice, toggle joint, weld | ||
| 6. | joint (artifact) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | ||
| Synonyms | marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag | ||
| Substance holonym | cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana | ||
English verb: joint | |||
| 1. | joint (stative) fit as if by joints | ||
| Samples | The boards fit neatly. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fit, go | ||
| 2. | joint (possession) provide with a joint | ||
| Samples | The carpenter jointed two pieces of wood. | ||
| Synonyms | articulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| Domain category | carpentry, woodwork, woodworking | ||
| 3. | joint (contact) fasten with a joint | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
| 4. | joint (contact) separate (meat) at the joint | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disunite, divide, part, separate | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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