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
Waynesville Street Faire Shop vintage clothing, handmade goods and unique antiques from over 50 vendors.
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
The Circuit Board is a must: country ham, handmade buttermilk biscuits, hatch pepper cheese, pickles, ranch pretzels, seasonal fruit butter and barrel-aged maple butter pair perfectly with a strong libation.
—Michelle Stark, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025
Founded in 1663, this small store on the main crossing at Ginza is the perfect place to pick up a bespoke scroll, a notebook of handmade paper, a beautiful Japanese fan or other unique gifts.
—Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The restaurant is housed on the back patio of Casa Nopal, a showroom and shop specializing in handmade goods from Mexican artisans, both of which opened in 2022.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
The Circuit Board is a must: country ham, handmade buttermilk biscuits, hatch pepper cheese, pickles, ranch pretzels, seasonal fruit butter and barrel-aged maple butter pair perfectly with a strong libation.
—Michelle Stark, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025
Founded in 1663, this small store on the main crossing at Ginza is the perfect place to pick up a bespoke scroll, a notebook of handmade paper, a beautiful Japanese fan or other unique gifts.
—Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The restaurant is housed on the back patio of Casa Nopal, a showroom and shop specializing in handmade goods from Mexican artisans, both of which opened in 2022.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handmade
homemade
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The nephew was not present when a group of his friends lobbed homemade explosives toward a barn full of teens and burned it to the ground in minutes.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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The practice of having travelers toss their shoes in a bin to be screened was established in 2006 after an incident in December 2001 when, months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a British man boarded a flight with homemade bombs hidden within his shoes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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