as in manual
made in the home and not in a factory, store, etc.
He makes a fantastic homemade bread.
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Recent Examples of homemade
Those aforementioned items—like the homemade transponders that occasionally work and the bombs that always do—are unambiguously the detritus of war.
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
Skip the office microwave All that stands between you and a hot, homemade lunch is a zap in the microwave.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
Valentina Lopez, a pastry chef and the bakery’s founder, has been making homemade cookies and desserts in the Queen City since 2023, CharlotteFive reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Turmeric can also be added to homemade bone or vegetable broths.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
Skip the office microwave All that stands between you and a hot, homemade lunch is a zap in the microwave.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
Valentina Lopez, a pastry chef and the bakery’s founder, has been making homemade cookies and desserts in the Queen City since 2023, CharlotteFive reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Turmeric can also be added to homemade bone or vegetable broths.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemade
Adjective
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Driving in manual cars, which are often what's available to them in their destinations.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Gods have been especially helpful in this task of corralling the manual labor of the people and legitimizing it symbolically.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Getting those props was a matter of homespun ingenuity.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the homespun sounds of early-2000s indie rock became mall-soundtrack fare, tastemakers took a new interest in rap, R&B, pop, and electronic music.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Homemade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemade. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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