Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
close-knit is an adjective meaning "held together as by social or cultural ties". It carries one recorded sense.
held together as by social or cultural ties
“a close-knit family”
“close-knit little villages”
“the group was closely knit”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for close-knit come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.