WELL-KNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does well-knit mean? 

• WELL-KNIT (adjective)
  The adjective WELL-KNIT has 1 sense:

1. strongly and firmly constructed

  Familiarity information: WELL-KNIT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WELL-KNIT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strongly and firmly constructed

Synonyms:

well-knit; well-set

Context example:

a sailor short but well-set

Similar:

strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)

 Context examples 

Of the riders one was young, graceful, and fair, clad in plain doublet and hosen of blue Brussels cloth, which served to show his active and well-knit figure.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)