Usually means: Connection point between two bones.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. joint, the joint: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. joint, the joint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. joint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. joint: Collins English Dictionary
  5. joint: Vocabulary.com
  6. joint: Wordnik
  7. joint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. joint: Wiktionary
  9. joint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. joint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. joint: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. joint, the joint: Dictionary.com
  13. joint (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. joint: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. JOINT, Joint (anatomy), Joint (audio engineering), Joint (building), Joint (cannabis), Joint (disambiguation), Joint (geology), Joint (mechanics), Joint (song), Joint, The Joint (Sirius XM), The Joint (music venue): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. joint: Rhymezone
  17. joint: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. joint: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Joint: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. joint: Free Dictionary
  21. joint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. joint: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. Joint: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  24. joint: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. joint: mosaic glossary
  2. mosaic glossary (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  4. joint: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. joint: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Joint: Investopedia
  9. Joint (anatomy), joint: Legal dictionary
  10. joint: Law.com Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Joint (anatomy), joint: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Joint: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Joint(s): Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. joint: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. Joint (anatomy), joint: Medical dictionary
  9. Joint: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. JOINT: Acronym Finder
  2. joint: Idioms

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Slang (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. joint: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Joint: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  4. the joint: Urban Dictionary
  5. Joint: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang
  6. joint: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. JOINT: Billiard Terms of the Month
  2. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

Tech (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Joint: Building pathology glossary
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  6. joint: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  7. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  8. National Glass Association Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Joint: Construction Glossary
  10. JOINT: Industry Terms for Fiberglass
  11. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See jointed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
noun:  The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
noun:  The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
noun:  (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
noun:  The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
noun:  A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.
noun:  The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
noun:  (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
noun:  (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).
noun:  (slang, dated) A place of resort for tramps.
noun:  (slang, US, dated) An opium den.
noun:  (slang, with the definite article) Prison, jail, or lockup.
noun:  (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
noun:  (slang, dated) A syringe used to inject an illicit drug.
noun:  (US, slang) The penis.
noun:  (originally an idiolectic sense) A thing.
verb:  (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
verb:  (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
verb:  (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
verb:  (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
verb:  (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.

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