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Meaning of well-built | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Constructed in a pleasing or sound manner.
  2. Muscular and lean, having a body resembling that of an athlete.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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