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单词 jointures
释义

jointure

noun

join·​ture ˈjȯin-chər How to pronounce jointure (audio)
1
a
: an act of joining : the state of being joined
b
: joint
2
a
: an estate settled on a wife to be taken by her in lieu of dower
b
: a settlement on the wife of a freehold estate for her lifetime

Synonyms

  • connection
  • coupling
  • join
  • joining
  • joint
  • junction
  • juncture
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Example Sentences

every jointure in the roof of the harbor tunnel shows signs of leakage
Recent Examples on the Web To see the feeble jointure of his hip and his paunch. Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

jointures

noun

plural of jointure
as in junctions
a place where two or more things are united every jointure in the roof of the harbor tunnel shows signs of leakage

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • junctions
  • intersections
  • joins
  • joints
  • connections
  • couplings
  • ties
  • joinings
  • interconnections
  • confluences
  • links
  • junctures
  • meetings
  • seams
  • sutures
  • articulations
  • attachments
  • nexus
  • abutments
  • unions
  • nexuses
  • concourses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • gaps
  • fissures
  • separations
  • crevices
  • cracks
  • rifts
  • clefts
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