homebuilt

adjective

Definition of homebuiltnext
as in homemade

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Recent Examples of homebuilt The crash is the second to involve a small, homebuilt plane in recent weeks in the Bay Area. — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homebuilt
  1. homemade
  2. manual
  3. homespun
Adjective
  • Marlee Crave served a summer dish at Fiddlehead Kitchen made from her husband's tomatoes and greens, her homemade sourdough bread and her family's cheese.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • What these homemade digital passes cannot replace There is an important limit here.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of homemade
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  • The technology could be particularly useful in situations where drones operate frequently or perform missions with limited time for detailed manual checks.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • This is a system that automatically manages clutch engagement according to engine speed, reducing the need for manual clutch operation and making everyday riding more convenient.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of manual
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  • But wrap a play in too much homespun folksiness and the thing starts to feel both suffocating and, despite all the driving tunes and stomping choreography in the world, suffocated.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In a recent survey of the state of twee music, Mason Mann, a member of Josephine’s Next Million Miles—a newer act that owes a lot to the homespun indie pop of the ’80s and ’90s—surmised that the core of the genre was not joy, but pain.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of homespun

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“Homebuilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homebuilt. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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