Usually means: Practical knowledge to accomplish tasks.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word know-how:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. know-how: Merriam-Webster
  2. know-how: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. know-how: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. know-how, know-how: Collins English Dictionary
  5. know-how: Vocabulary.com
  6. Know-How, Know-how, know-how: Wordnik
  7. know-how: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. know-how: Wiktionary
  9. know-how: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. know-how: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. know-how: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. know-how: Dictionary.com
  13. know-how: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Know-how: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. know-how: Rhymezone
  16. know-how: FreeDictionary.org
  17. know-how: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. know-how: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. KNOW-HOW: Accounting Glossary
  4. Know-How: Management Dictionary
  5. know-how: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. know-how: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).

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