HOMEMADE Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

homemade

adjective

Definition of homemade

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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 Add in homemade or store-bought pound cake for a parfait worthy of a party. — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026 Shop the KitchenAid 5 Ultra Power Speed Hand Mixer for all your baking needs, or make homemade frozen treats all summer long with this fun and convenient ice cream maker. — Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 Try the singular lemongrass cheesesteak from Sahbyy Food ($10), topped with homemade pepper chips and a heap of fragrant cilantro. — Regan Stephens, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Some of her favorite dishes to cook are anything with fish or her homemade hot sauce. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for homemade

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The structural design curtails the necessity for active safety mechanisms, electronic trip switches, or manual operator control interventions during an operational deviation.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
Entire industries were built around paper, physical presence, and manual trust.

— Keith Krach, Fortune, 3 July 2026

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And in recent years, the image of a white pioneer family in homespun garb has been impossible to separate from the reactionary tradwife trend.

— Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
But beyond the lace bonnets, braids, and pinafores lies an interiors aesthetic that has never felt more in tune with today’s appetite for all things homespun.

— Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 July 2026

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