Joint
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate. The point where two components of a structure join rigidly. Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened. A means of joining two pieces of wood together so that they interlock. A cut of meat. A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint. A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business. (always with the) prison A marijuana cigarette.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
Example sentence: I've got a nice collection of paintings - a Basquiat, a black-and-white Warhol that's like a Rorschach test, and I commissioned Takashi Murakami to do a ten-foot joint for me. It's almost like the explosion in Hiroshima with his famous skeleton head. There's a wall above my fireplace reserved for it.
Multilateral
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having many sides or points of view.Involving more than one party (often used in politics to refer to negotiations, talks, or proceedings involving several nations).
Example sentence: There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong.