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Meaning of joint

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  joint
      adj 1: united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint
             owners" [ant: {separate}]
      2: affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax
         return"; "joint ownership"
      3: involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of
         Congress"
      n 1: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or
           elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
           [syn: {joint}, {articulation}, {articulatio}]
      2: a disreputable place of entertainment
      3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
         connection is made [syn: {articulation}, {join}, {joint},
         {juncture}, {junction}]
      4: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
         slicing into more than one portion [syn: {roast}, {joint}]
      5: junction by which parts or objects are joined together
      6: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn:
         {joint}, {marijuana cigarette}, {reefer}, {stick}, {spliff}]
      v 1: fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly"
      2: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of
         wood" [syn: {joint}, {articulate}]
      3: fasten with a joint
      4: separate (meat) at the joint

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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