Definition of homemade
1 : made in the home, on the premises, or by one's own efforts
2 : of domestic manufacture
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Likewise, the food — huge, shareable pastrami sandwiches, stripped-down slaw, addictive homemade potato chips and gorgeously weird pickled purple deviled eggs — is refreshingly, righteously retro.
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Uber itself has raised an alarm about drivers — some with homemade Uber signs in the window — impersonating its workers at airports in New York.
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Make the brilliantly colored flavors of summer even brighter with a sprinkle of homemade salt.
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Find out more at CNN A black deliveryman in Bronx, New York has reportedly been unable to return to work after a Manhattan butcher handed him a homemade noose on April 5.
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Lolita worked miracles with donated food, and often served up pancakes, stuffed chile rellenos, and homemade chicken soup.
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Desserts include Swiss chocolate mousse cake with homemade raspberry sauce, carrot cake, key lime pie, turtle and plain cheesecakes and banana and coconut cream pies.
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In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade sauces, plants and baked goods, hot lunch also was available.
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For example, Robinson said, the organization paid for part of Smith's old student loans and bought a laptop for Hickman, who wanted to start selling homemade children's clothes.
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First Known Use of homemade
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HOMEMADE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of homemade for English Language Learners
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: made in the home and not in a factory, store, etc.
HOMEMADE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of homemade for Students
: made in the home homemade bread
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