joint

[US]/dʒɔɪnt/
[UK]/dʒɔɪnt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a point at which parts are joined; a place where two things are joined together
adj. shared by or involving two or more parties; done by or involving two or more parties
vt. to connect or join
vi. to fit or be united

Phrases & Collocations

joint pain

joint inflammation

joint swelling

joint venture

knee joint

welded joint

joint stock

welding joint

butt joint

joint effort

sino-foreign joint venture

expansion joint

hip joint

joint action

joint venture enterprise

universal joint

joint stock company

joint statement

solder joint

joint operation

weld joint

joint investment

ankle joint

Example Sentences

a joint of ham.

a joint session of Congress.

joint a boom on a crane.

a joint and several responsibility

immobility of a joint

they took out a joint policy.

the joint was eaten at one sitting.

a joint probability density function

Joint inheritance or heirship of property.

to calk a pipe joint

our joint presence; a joint income-tax return.

Joint: Wood-to-wood with cocobolo joint sleeve.

don't bogart that joint, my friend.

I was casing the joint .

a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies.

Real-world Examples

The fingers are flexed at the interphalangeal joints and can't abduct or adduct.

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

The mason flushed the joint with mortar.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

They even offer a joint day pass!

Source: Travel around the world

Joint pain, however, will radiate pain around the joints and not the muscle.

Source: Fitness Knowledge Popularization

They`re also angry about ongoing joint military exercises.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

This is the joint here. Your wrist.

Source: Learn phrases and vocabulary with Vanessa.

Right, and will this be a joint account?

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 6

Fast food joints like McDonalds and Taco Bell abound.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection May 2015

You'd have to recognise the joints.

Source: BBC documentary "Chinese New Year"

It's a little gourmet hot dog joint.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

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