Joint Dʒɔɪnt Knee Place Noun Bre Inflammation Stiff

• inflammation of the knee joint
• my joints are really stiff this morning.
• a joint of beef
• the sunday joint (= one traditionally eaten on a sunday)

joint

1. a place where two bones are joined together in the body in a way that enables them to bend and move
• see also ball-and-socket joint
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ball-and-socket-joint
• inflammation of the knee joint
• My joints are really stiff this morning.
2. a place where two or more parts of an object are joined together, especially to form a corner
3. a piece of roast meat
• a joint of beef
• the Sunday joint (= one traditionally eaten on a Sunday)
4. a place where people meet to eat, drink, dance, etc., especially one that is cheap
• a fast-food joint
• The joint was jumping (= full of people and activity).
5. a cigarette containing marijuana (= an illegal drug)
• See related entries: Addiction
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/addiction/joint_2
6. to look carefully around a building so that you can plan how to steal things from it at a later time
• See related entries: Committing crime
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/committing_crime/joint_3
7. pushed out of its correct position
• She put her hip out of joint in the accident.
8. not working or behaving in the normal way
• Time is thrown completely out of joint in the opening chapters.
9. to upset or annoy somebody, especially by not giving them enough attention

Extra Examples

• He dislocated his elbow joint.
• He slowly stood up, joints creaking in protest.
• He’s going to have his hip joint replaced.
• It is an inflammatory condition affecting the joints.
• She fell and put her knee out of joint.
• Synovial fluid lubricates the joints.
• The joint should be able to move freely.
• You have fluid in the joint.
• a joint between two lengths of copper
• a joint of beef/lamb/pork
• the joint between the lower and upper parts of the arm
• The joint was sealed with waterproof tape.
• To get a strong joint, the groove must be completely filled with glue.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French, past participle of joindre ‘to join’, from Latin jungere ‘to join’.