jointed
Able to bend
Jointed means having joints—points where parts connect and can move or bend.
A jointed fishing rod breaks down into sections.
Jointed armor allows movement at elbows and knees.
In biology, jointed describes segmented structures: jointed legs, jointed stems.
A jointed doll has movable limbs connected at pivots.
Movable connecting joint
Movable connecting joint
ankle · wrist · shoulder · hip · finger · toe · ball-and-socket · synovial
hinge
Movable connecting joint
bracket · lever · axle · piston · rod · arm · crane · boom · robotic · articulated
hinge
Movable connecting joint
knee · ankle · wrist · shoulder · hip · finger · toe · ball-and-socket · synovial · ligament
linked
Fastened to another
- attachedJoined to another thing
- interlockedJoined by overlapping parts
- coupledJoined in pairs
spliced · fitted · assembled · fastened · mortise · tenon · dowel · bamboo · cane · reed
exoskeleton
External skeletal structure
thorax · abdomen · carapace · arthropod · crustacean · insect · spider · crab · lobster · centipede
- puppet traitsstrings, wooden, fabric, hand-operated, hinged
- jointsknee, elbow, ankle, dovetail, wrist
- bone termsskeletal, osseous, bony, fractured, spinal
- animal traitsfur, tail, claws, teeth, wings
- body part traitsbent, bony, bruised, calloused, crooked
- Insect Traitssix-legged, winged, antennae, exoskeleton, segmented
jointedrigid
Unable to bend
unjointed · unarticulated · stiff · inflexible · solid
jointedcontinuous
Without pause or gap
unsegmented · monolithic · undivided · one-piece · seamless
- joint painAche at skeletal junctures
- joint effortCombined work toward goal
- pizza jointCasual restaurant serving pies
- burger jointCasual ground-beef eatery
- nose out of jointIrritated by slight
- universal jointsRotational couplings permitting angulation
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