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
The handmade brand continues to popup at the store twice a year.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
The handmade pottery also happens to make a beautiful canvas for the blue (er, Nu Bleu) designs.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
The display is full of handmade mini-garments, fashioned into brooches and earrings, plus bows and hairpins, featuring diamanté charms of dresses, bows and bikinis.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Hop Atomica pizzas are handmade from scratch Berrier and Kenneth Suchower opened Hop Atomica in March 2024, about two years after the pair decided to work together on the concept.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Oct. 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
The handmade pottery also happens to make a beautiful canvas for the blue (er, Nu Bleu) designs.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
The display is full of handmade mini-garments, fashioned into brooches and earrings, plus bows and hairpins, featuring diamanté charms of dresses, bows and bikinis.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Hop Atomica pizzas are handmade from scratch Berrier and Kenneth Suchower opened Hop Atomica in March 2024, about two years after the pair decided to work together on the concept.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handmade
Adjective
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Use seeds in homemade trail mix, granola, and energy bites.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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Freedom songs rang out alongside work songs, a player on homemade pan pipes mesmerized listeners alongside the generation’s greatest future singer-songwriters.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Inside, the cabin is decked out in luxurious, handcrafted materials.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
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The handcrafted accessory is made of colorful beads decorated with a dog, lock, flower, and more — all of which are seemingly personal details, according to Steenburgen’s caption.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Handmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmade. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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