joint

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for joint

joint 🔊 /ʤɔjˈnt/

joint : මූට්ටුව

joint : පර්වය

joint : ප්‍රතිබද්ධ

joint : පූට්ටුව

joint : පිරිද්දීම

joint : කුස්තුරය

joint : බද්ධ

joint : පෑස්ම

joint : පුරුක

joint : සන්ධානය

joint : අසව්ව

joint : බද්ධය

joint : සන්ධි

joint : ඒකාබඬ

joint : තිප්පොල

joint : මාට්ටුව

joint : සහබද්ධ

joint : වැද්දීම

joint : සහකාර

joint : සම

joint : කුස්තූරය

joint : පිරිද්දුම

joint : සන්ධීය

joint : සන්ධිය

joint : සබැඳී

joint : සරණේරුව

joint : මූට්ටු කරනවා

joint definition

Noun.

  1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
  2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.
  3. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.
  4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
  5. A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
  6. The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
  7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.

Adjective.

  1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
  2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
  3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.
  4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.

Transitive verb.

  1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
  2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
  3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
  4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

Intransitive verb. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.