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double-knit

double-knit is the alternative spelling of double knit.

Meaning of double knit

Noun

double knit (countable and uncountable, plural double knits)

  1. A knitted fabric consisting of a double thickness, made on a machine with two sets of needles.
    • The men drive pick-up trucks and wear baseball caps to cover their bald spots. The women drive pick-up trucks and seem more at ease in double-knits than dyke chic.1979 December 29, Maida Tilchen, “Polyester Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 16

Questions about double-knit

What is double-knit the alternative spelling of?
Double-knit is the alternative spelling of double knit.

Words near double-knit in the dictionary

  1. double-jabbing
  2. double-jabs
  3. double-jobbing
  4. double-jointed
  5. double-jointedness
  6. double-knit
  7. double-line whip
  8. double-line whips
  9. double-lock
  10. double-locked
  11. double-locking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-knit (page history and authors); double knit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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