'close-knit' definitions:
Definition of 'close-knit'
From: WordNet
adjective
Held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close- knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit" [syn: close-knit, closely knit]
Definition of 'close-knit'
From: GCIDE
- close-knit \close-knit\ closely-knit \closely-knit\adj. bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family. [WordNet 1.5]