junction

Roget category 43

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.3. Conjunctive quantity

#43. Junction

noun

junction — joining etc. v. — joinder [Law], union connection, conjunction, conjugation — annexion^†, annexation, annexment^† — astriction^†, attachment, compagination^†, vincture^†, ligation, alligation^† — accouplement^† — marriage etc. (wedlock,) 903 — infibulation^†, inosculation^†, symphysis [Anat.], anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation — meeting, reunion — assemblage etc. 72.
coition, copulation — sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making.
joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure^†, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch — link etc. 45 — miter mortise.
closeness, tightness, etc. adj. — coherence etc. 46 — combination etc. 48.
annexationist.

verb

join, unite — conjoin, connect — associate — put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, bind up together together — embody, reembody^† — roll into one.
attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast etc. adj. — tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain — fetter etc. (restrain) 751 — lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple^†, link, yoke, bracket — marry etc. (wed) 903 — bridge over, span.
braze — pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet — impact, solder, set — weld together, fuse together — wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase^† — graft, ingraft^†, inosculate^† — entwine, intwine^† — interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist^†, interweave — entangle — twine round, belay — tighten — trice up, screw up.
be joined &c. — hang together, hold together — cohere etc. 46.

adjective

joined etc. v. — joint — conjoint, conjunct — corporate, compact — hand in hand.
firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved^† — inseparable, indissoluble, insecable^†, severable.

adverb

jointly etc. adj. — in conjunction with etc. (in addition to) 37 — fast, firmly, etc. adj. — intimately.

phrase

tria juncta in uno [Lat.].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

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