How to pronounce cable-knit
American English pronunciation
KAY-bul-nit
- IPA
- /ˈkeɪbəlˌnɪt/
- Syllables
- KAY · bul · nit (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cable-knit means
Knitted in raised, twisted patterns that look like rope
In a sentence: Mom wore her thick cable-knit sweater to the snowy football game.
Where it comes from: It joins cable, a thick twisted rope, with knit. The raised stitches wind around each other like the strands of a rope.
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