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# handmade

adjective

«handmade» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Made by a person using their hands or simple tools, not by a machine in a factory: a handmade card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#m1)

### In the lessons

In art and craft lessons pupils make handmade cards and gifts; in shops and markets handmade things often cost more because they take time. Phrases: «handmade cards», «handmade jewellery», «handmade by».

### Examples

- I gave Mum a handmade birthday card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x1)
- The market sells handmade soap and candles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x2)
- Handmade shoes take days to make. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x3)
- This handmade quilt was Grandma's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x4)
- Each handmade bowl looks a little different. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x5)
- A handmade toy costs $12, a factory one $5, so it costs $7 more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x6)

### Note

One word (also «hand-made»). Opposite: machine-made, mass-produced. Similar: homemade (made at home).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «handmade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«handmade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/handmade.html) on Mova free.