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 →

2) A place where two pieces of something are joined together. tree →

3) A large piece of meat for roasting. tree →

4) (adjective) Shared or done together by two or more people. tree →

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 →
• The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint. tree →
• Grandpa's joints ache when it's cold. tree →
• The pipe leaked at the joint. tree →
• They were joint winners of the art prize. tree →
• The poster was a joint effort by the whole class. tree →
• We had a joint of beef for Sunday lunch. tree →
• Stretching keeps your joints moving well. tree →

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.
• Modern elephant houses have deep sand and heated floors, because years on hard concrete hurt elephants' feet and joints.
• Its hollow stems with solid joints are strong and light, so Hong Kong builders still tie bamboo poles into scaffolding round skyscrapers.
• Bamboo stems are hollow with solid joints, which makes them strong and light, and bamboo bends without breaking and grows back quickly.
• Studies have found no link between cracking knuckles and arthritis (stiff, painful joints).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «joint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.