as in homemade
created by a hand process rather than by a machine
received a handmade sweater at the baby shower
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Recent Examples of handmade
Xiang launched her first dumpling venture at 17 years old, selling handmade frozen dumplings online to London’s Chinese expat community.
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Simone Melvin, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some of these handmade birds and bumblebees live on in the spare, whitewashed rooms of what is today known as the Alekos Fassianos Atelier, which is open to visitors during the summer.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
More than 145 handmade lantern sculptures of plants and animals will glow across the grounds.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
Guests are greeted by a handmade ceramic blue gradient facade — a first taste of the Tiffany iconic hue and a nod to the legacy of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s early 20th-century mosaic work.
—Thomas Waller, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
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Simone Melvin, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some of these handmade birds and bumblebees live on in the spare, whitewashed rooms of what is today known as the Alekos Fassianos Atelier, which is open to visitors during the summer.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
More than 145 handmade lantern sculptures of plants and animals will glow across the grounds.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
Guests are greeted by a handmade ceramic blue gradient facade — a first taste of the Tiffany iconic hue and a nod to the legacy of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s early 20th-century mosaic work.
—Thomas Waller, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handmade
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Nothing compares to the first bite of a homemade biscuit with warm, melty butter.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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At the time, a parent volunteer brought homemade Jell-O to the celebration, which was later found to contain alcohol.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Handmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmade. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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