joint
Forms
- Plural
- joints
- present (v1)
- joint
- past (v2)
- jointed
- past participle (v3)
- jointed
- present participle
- jointing
- 3rd person singular
- joints
Definitions
1.United, combined
2.Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
- A joint burden laid upon us all.
- The play was a joint production between the two companies.
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.Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
4.The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
- The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
1.To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
2.To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
- Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2554
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
The noun is from Middle English joynt (attested since the late 13th century), from Old French joint (“joint of the body”) (attested since the 12th century). The adjective (attested since the 15th century) is from Old French jointiz. Both Old French words are from Latin iūnctus, the past participle of iungō. See also join, jugular, junction. Displaced Old English fōg and partially displaced English lith.