Dictionary - English
joint
- A place or part at which two or more things are joined. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition / listen
- A way in which two or more things are joined: a mortise-and-tenon joint; flexible joints. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition / listen
- Anatomy A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- Anatomy A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- Botany An articulation on a fruit or stem, such as the node of a grass stem. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition / listen
