handmade

adjective

hand·​made ˈhan(d)-ˈmād How to pronounce handmade (audio)
Synonyms of handmadenext
: made by hand or by a hand process

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received a handmade sweater at the baby shower
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Young Dolly felt special wearing her handmade coat, but classmates made fun of her. — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The style-centric walking tour winds through the city, stopping at a selection of must-visit Milanese shops selling everything from gourmet foods to velvet slippers and handmade pajamas. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 The notebooks are handmade in Smythson’s bookbinding workshop in Hertfordshire, England. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 The world was composed of 233 handmade puppets, overlaid with hundreds of thousands of replacement faces; 132 practical sets were built, which included 728 miniature trees representing 10 species specific to the Pacific Northwest. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for handmade

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First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of handmade was in 1809

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handmade

adjective
hand·​made ˈhan(d)-ˈmād How to pronounce handmade (audio)
: made by hand or with hand tools
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