neck joint

noun — 3 senses

neck joint

noun
1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Τhe junction where the neck (fretted or unfretted) meets the body of a stringed instrument.

Stringed instruments

  • On the classical guitar, the heel supports the neck joint on the back side.
2

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences One of the joints of the neck (it belongs to the vertebral column).

3

One of the joints of the cervical vertebrae (“seven vertebrae of the neck”).

Synonyms
neck-body joint

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