junction

A place where roads, paths, or other similar things meet.

• Turn left at the next junction.
• Several railway lines meet at this junction.
• Traffic was slow near the motorway junction.

How to use it: junction of A and B (The shop is at the junction of Oak Street and Pine Street.)

Similar words: intersection, crossroads

Common phrases: road junction, railway junction, junction of something

The act of joining things together, or their condition after they have been joined.

• The junction of the two parts strengthened the frame.
• This junction of ideas led to a new approach.
• They studied the junction between the tissues.

How to use it: junction of A and B (The design depends on the junction of two separate sections.)

Similar words: joining, union

Opposites: separation

Common phrases: junction of something, junction between things

To meet or connect at a shared point.

• The two tracks junction near the station.
• These pipes junction with the main supply line.
• The channels junctioned below the bridge.

How to use it: junction with something (The branch line junctions with the main railway here.)

Similar words: join, connect

Common phrases: junction with something, junction at something