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

Examples of homemade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Around 10 of the female prisoners joined and ate together while some of the women contributed homemade desserts. —Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 June 2025

The homemade structure, 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide, represents the last stand for Flores and a larger protest that captured national attention in March 2020. —Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025

One man with homemade firebombs injured nearly a dozen people. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025

An Egyptian national wielding a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails attacked a march of mostly elderly Jews marching for the return of the hostages in Gaza yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. —Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for homemade

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed

Kids Definition

homemade

adjective

home·​made ˈhōm-ˈ(m)ād 

: made in the home