as in homemade
created by a hand process rather than by a machine
received a handmade sweater at the baby shower
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The second floor holds a guest bedroom where the ensuite bath is enhanced by handmade cement tiles and a steam room.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant also has two outdoor patios and a modern interior dining room with a large-scale, handmade resin leaf installation, which hangs from the ceiling and mirrors the lush foliage at Mizner Park.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
Or chosen a handmade soap, even if there were similar, cheaper options that were factory-produced.
—Andrew Brodsky, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
To be licensed without complications, swords entering Japan need to qualify as antique pieces of art by having been handmade at least 100 years ago.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant also has two outdoor patios and a modern interior dining room with a large-scale, handmade resin leaf installation, which hangs from the ceiling and mirrors the lush foliage at Mizner Park.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
Or chosen a handmade soap, even if there were similar, cheaper options that were factory-produced.
—Andrew Brodsky, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
To be licensed without complications, swords entering Japan need to qualify as antique pieces of art by having been handmade at least 100 years ago.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Handmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmade. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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