[ 'dʒʌŋ(k)tʃə ]
■ noun
1》 a particular point in time.
2》 a place where things join.
3》 Phonetics the features in speech that enable a hearer to detect a word boundary (e.g. distinguishing I scream from ice cream ).
Origin
ME: from L. junctura 'joint', from jungere 'to join'.