conjoin
One of the words or phrases that are coordinated by a conjunctionOne of the words or phrases that are coordinated by a conjunction.
» This truck stop has a conjoined fast food restaurant.
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2 sensesOne of the words or phrases that are coordinated by a conjunction.
A reassembled bone, stone or ceramic artifact.
Examples
4 sentencesThis truck stop has a conjoined fast food restaurant.
The landmark surgery that separated the conjoined twins seven months ago lasted 23 hours.
To prepare the twins for their separation, doctors gave them conjoined dolls that they could snip with scissors to separate.
The term "Siamese twins" comes from two conjoined twins from Siam who travelled with P.T. Barnum's circus.
Origin
From Old French conjoindre, from Latin coniungo, from con- (“together”) + iungo (“join”).From Old French conjoindre, from Latin coniungo, from con- (“together”) + iungo (“join”). Equivalent to con- + join.
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