well-built
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verb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of build.
adjective
2.
Informal.
a.
of sound or sturdy construction: These cars are really built.
b.
having a good physique or figure: That lifeguard is really built!
3.
Nautical. noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces: built frame; built spar.
Related forms
well-built, adjective
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Well-built
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| well-built | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | large or ample: a well-built lady |
| 2. | having a good, strong construction: well-built houses |
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Word Origin & History
built
pp. of build. Meaning "physically well-developed" is by 1940s (well-built in reference to a woman is from 1871); Built-in (adj.) is from 1898.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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