well-built

well-built
index solid (sound), stable, strong

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  • well-built — [ ,wel bılt ] adjective 1. ) a well built person has a body that people admire because of its strength or beauty 2. ) strong because of being built well …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • well-built — adj someone who is well built has a big strong body see usage note ↑fat1 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • well-built — well′ built′ adj …   From formal English to slang

  • well-built — also well built ADJ GRADED A well built person, especially a man, has quite a big body and quite large muscles. Mitchell is well built, of medium height, with a dark complexion …   English dictionary

  • well-built — /ˈwɛl bɪlt/ (say wel bilt) adjective 1. that has been built soundly: a well built house. 2. (of a person) strongly built; broad. Also, (especially in predicative use), well built /wɛl ˈbɪlt/ (say wel bilt) …  

  • well-built — adjective a) Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner. The basics of a well built garden b) Muscular and lean, having a body resembling that of an athlete James Lassiter was forty years old, a well built, ruggedly handsome man in the prime of… …   Wiktionary

  • well-built — UK [ˌwel ˈbɪlt] / US adjective 1) a well built person has a body that people admire because of its strength or beauty 2) strong because of being built well …   English dictionary

  • well built —    fat    Used of men and women, and of children also, because manufacturers know better than to describe somebody s little darling as obese.    Less often as well fleshed:     ... there is a well built girl attendant who is chased about the… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • well-built — adj. Well built is used with these nouns: ↑man …   Collocations dictionary

  • well built — see well built …   English dictionary

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