Home › Words › B › backjointbackjointbackjoint means A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, backjoint ranks #14,637 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom back + joint.nounA rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jointer 57% match — One that joints. vs backjoint →jointing 56% match — The act of making a joint. vs backjoint →jointure 55% match — A joining; a joint. vs backjoint →rejoint 54% match — To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. vs backjoint →backstone 53% match — A stone at the rear of something. vs backjoint →bondstone 53% match — A stone for bonding masonry to a similar backing; a stone that reaches a considerable distance into, or entirely through a wall, for the purpose of binding it together. vs backjoint →bossage 53% match — A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted. vs backjoint →subjoint 53% match — A secondary or subsidiary joint. vs backjoint →