homemade
adjective
home·made
ˈhō(m)-ˈmād 
1
: made in the home, on the premises, or by one's own efforts
2
: of domestic manufacture
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The nephew was not present when a group of his friends lobbed homemade explosives toward a barn full of teens and burned it to the ground in minutes.
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Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
The practice of having travelers toss their shoes in a bin to be screened was established in 2006 after an incident in December 2001 when, months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a British man boarded a flight with homemade bombs hidden within his shoes.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Cocktail Mixer: Stir it into prosecco, mojitos, or homemade mocktails.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2025
That charge, filed in 2024, was only compounded by a new felony case filed in late June, alleging that last March, Hurd was caught with a homemade knife inside the jail, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
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Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
The practice of having travelers toss their shoes in a bin to be screened was established in 2006 after an incident in December 2001 when, months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a British man boarded a flight with homemade bombs hidden within his shoes.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Cocktail Mixer: Stir it into prosecco, mojitos, or homemade mocktails.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2025
That charge, filed in 2024, was only compounded by a new felony case filed in late June, alleging that last March, Hurd was caught with a homemade knife inside the jail, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
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“Homemade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homemade. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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homemade
adjective
home·made
ˈhōm-ˈ(m)ād
: made in the home
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