close-knit

[ klohs-nit ]
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adjective
  1. tightly united, connected, or organized.

Origin of close-knit

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby close-knit

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How to use close-knit in a sentence

  • In the distance, and encircling the expanse of prairie, stood a solid wall of forest and close-knit jungle.

    Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
  • Very patiently and skillfully his shaking hands weave close-knit little baskets.

    Our Part in the Great War | Arthur Gleason
  • It was full of mail, and with the close-knit ring shirts were helms, and some few short, heavy swords.

    A Sea Queen's Sailing | Charles Whistler
  • He knew, too, that America had reared the empire of business on close knit and efficient organisation.

    The War After the War | Isaac Frederick Marcosson
  • They seemed ill enough matched; Blunt was fully half a head taller than Myles, and was thick-set and close-knit in young manhood.

    Men of Iron | Howard Pyle

British Dictionary definitions for close-knit

close-knit

/ (ˌkləʊsˈnɪt) /


adjective
  1. closely united, esp by social ties

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