Well-built
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Well-built is an adjective meaning Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner.
Meaning
Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner.
More Meanings
- Muscular and lean, having a body resembling that of an athlete.
Example Sentences
The basics of a well-built garden
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.
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).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fair-built, formful, well-proportioned, clean, harmonious, shapely.
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