Jack |
| noun - (slang) Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.
proper noun
- (given name, male, , ) .
| | jigsaw |
| noun
- A saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.
- A jigsaw puzzle.
verb (jigsaws, jigsawing, jigsawed, jigsawed or jigsawn)
- (transitive) To cut something using a jigsaw.
| Jimmy |
| proper noun
- (given name, male, ), a diminutive of Jim or James.
- (CockneyRS?) Shortened from of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle.
| joggle |
| verb (joggl, es)
- To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
- To jog or run while juggling.
- A engineering term meaning a step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
| joinery |
| noun
- A factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets.
| joint |
| noun
- The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
- This rod is free to swing at the with the platform.
- The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
- The water is leaking out of the between the two pipes.
- (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in some cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- (context, carpentry) A means of joining two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.
- The dovetail , while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
- A cut of meat.
- Set the in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
- (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
- (slang) A bar, nightclub or similar business.
- It was the kind of you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
- (slang) (always with the) Prison.
- I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the .
adjective
- Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
- The play was a production between the two companies.
| jointed |
| verb
- Simple past and past participle of to joint.
adjective
- Having joints.
| joist |
| noun
- A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc.
verb
- (transitive) To fit or furnish with joists.
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