a close-knit communityclose-knitclose-knit /ˌkləʊs ˈnɪt◂ $ ˌkloʊs-/ (also ˌclosely-ˈknit) adjective 
a close-knit community
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a close-knit team
- Jess is a quiet, intense kid from a large, close-knit farm family in Washington.
- New York is now home to Kissin and his close-knit family, which includes his first and only teacher, Anna Kantor.
- The areas where neighbours would keep an eye on things were Wester Ross and Speyside, both close-knit farming communities.
- The emphasis was on self-reliance, with the children free to work out their own solutions without a close-knit family environment.
- This might be because Dickens is trying to tell us that society should be close-knit one and not isolated into different units.
- Various versions have been related by the locals of this close-knit and defensive community.
- We have a talented, close-knit team.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a close-knit communityCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
a close-knit group of people is one in which everyone knows each other well and gives each other support when they need it: a close-knit community· Probably, in a close-knit community the negative response of this family has influenced the uptake of the test.· It was a close-knit community with no ambition to expand its interests and activities.· It's also the first time that outsiders have been allowed into their close-knit community.
· Beyond that, of course, were the compensations of growing up in a large but close-knit family.· New York is now home to Kissin and his close-knit family, which includes his first and only teacher, Anna Kantor.· The emphasis was on self-reliance, with the children free to work out their own solutions without a close-knit family environment.· She is a shy, quiet, religious girl from a small, close-knit family.
· It seems that these patterns are maintained by insider knowledge depending on the extent to which speakers belong to relatively close-knit groups.
a close-knit community