HOMEMADE Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

homemade

adjective

Definition of homemade

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 Starting with a layer of refried beans and topped with a spicy sour cream mixture, a heaping pile of guacamole, salsa, cheese, lettuce, and homemade pico de gallo is added for a flavorful yet achievable dip. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 1 July 2026 The costume was primarily homemade, his mother, Yoseling Rodriguez of Geneva, said. — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 The Mielke brothers — Ethan, 13, Seth, 11, and Jonathan, 8 – had sold homemade lemonade at a farmers market in rural Michigan for the last three years. — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 1 July 2026 The girl’s brothers — Nicklas, 11, and Camden, 16 — then jumped into action to get the bat off their sister before killing it with a homemade blade, their mother, Elizabeth Kale, told NBC News. — Madonna Deverson, NBC news, 30 June 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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Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026.

— Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Ugly Duckling Cake is a vintage Southern dessert whose name refers to its homespun appearance, but certainly not its flavor!

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 23 June 2026

Definition of homespun

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