Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well-built

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.03 in modern English

Syllables: well-built
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner.

adj

Muscular and lean, having a body resembling that of an athlete.

Example Sentences

"The basics of a well-built garden"
"It ran derailed for about 500 yards before encountering a set of points, which caused it to veer into the path of an Immingham-Ferrybridge coal train, powered by Freightliner 66521 (one of a class of locomotive well-known for being well-built enough to destroy anything that got in its way)."
"James Lassiter was forty years old, a well-built, ruggedly handsome man in the prime of his life, in the best of health."
"A well-built teenage boy in a soiled black leather studded vest and black jeans was crouched in the far corner of the cellar, waiting for us."

Etymology

From well + built.

Inflected Forms

better-built (comparative) more well-built (comparative) best-built (superlative) most well-built (superlative) well built (alternative)

Questions

What does well-built mean?: Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner.
Where does well-built come from?: From well + built.

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