Unscramble joints

Definition of joint

adjective:

• united or combined; "a joint session of Congress", "joint owners". Antonyms: separate.
• affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return", "joint ownership".
• involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress".

noun:

• (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion). Synonyms: articulatio, articulation.
• a disreputable place of entertainment.
• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. Synonyms: articulation, join, junction, juncture.
• a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion. Synonyms: roast.
• junction by which parts or objects are joined together.
• marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking. Synonyms: marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick.

verb:

• fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly".
• provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood". Synonyms: articulate.
• fasten with a joint.
• separate (meat) at the joint.

Related words

butt, diarthrosis, elbow, fetlock, hinge, hock, jook, juke, knee, miter, mitre, scarf, seam, splice, stifle, sutura, suture, weld.

Words nearby

join, joist, point.

Rhymes with

anoint, appoint, disappoint, disjoint, point.