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# joint

«joint» in Mova's school dictionary: **A place in the body where two bones meet so it can bend…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a joint, joints); adjective (joint)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place in the body where two bones meet so it can bend or turn, such as the knee, elbow or shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m1)

2) A place where two pieces of something are joined together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m2)

3) A large piece of meat for roasting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m3)

4) (adjective) Shared or done together by two or more people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, joints let the skeleton move: hinge joints (knee, elbow) bend one way like a door, ball-and-socket joints (shoulder, hip) turn around; muscles pull the bones. In safety, warm up before sport to protect joints. In maths and everyday life, a joint project or joint winners share the work or the prize. Phrases: «joint winners», «a joint effort», «Sunday joint», «out of joint».

### examples

- Your knee is a hinge joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x1)
- The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x2)
- Grandpa's joints ache when it's cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x3)
- The pipe leaked at the joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x4)
- They were joint winners of the art prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x5)
- The poster was a joint effort by the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x6)
- We had a joint of beef for Sunday lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x7)
- Stretching keeps your joints moving well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x8)

### note

Countable as a noun. The verb is «join». If two pupils are «joint first», they share first place, and the next is often third. Cracking your knuckles makes a noise from gas in the joint; it does not cause arthritis, as far as studies show.

### In the corpora

- [Smooth cartilage and a slippery fluid let the ends of bones glide in a joint.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/64-cells-bones-and-muscles/14/)
- [Modern elephant houses have deep sand and heated floors, because years on hard concrete hurt elephants' feet and joints.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/7/)
- [Its hollow stems with solid joints are strong and light, so Hong Kong builders still tie bamboo poles into scaffolding round skyscrapers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/1/)
- [Bamboo stems are hollow with solid joints, which makes them strong and light, and bamboo bends without breaking and grows back quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/9/)
- [Studies have found no link between cracking knuckles and arthritis (stiff, painful joints).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «joint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.