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
An upholstered bench from her studio features a handmade ceramic button imprinted with textures from nearby ruins—a homage to the city on her doorstep.
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Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
The handmade leather purse is roomy enough to hold essentials like your phone, cardholder, keys, headphones, and lip gloss.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
His later works, which took cars and speedboats as their themes, were similarly handmade, their forms at once suggesting nostalgia and escape velocity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2025
Try the nori butter mussels and handmade pasta at Darlings.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
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Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
The handmade leather purse is roomy enough to hold essentials like your phone, cardholder, keys, headphones, and lip gloss.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
His later works, which took cars and speedboats as their themes, were similarly handmade, their forms at once suggesting nostalgia and escape velocity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2025
Try the nori butter mussels and handmade pasta at Darlings.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handmade
Adjective
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Yet there’s a relaxed comfort to dinner in the airy concrete-floored loft, starting with the Taiwanese sausage that arrives as an early bite, wedged into homemade brioche like a tiny hot dog and plucked up between two fingers.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Whistling Pie is a homemade album of acoustic ballads, inspired by his hero, the late British folk guitarist Bert Jansch.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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The rooftop bars, Vertigo and Vertigo TOO, deliver a 360-degree panorama over the entire city, which guests can enjoy along with handcrafted cocktails and snacks.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Aug. 2025
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Every Saturday morning, Railroad Park is the place to go for fresh produce, handcrafted goods, and great company.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Handmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmade. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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