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handmade
What does handmade mean?
handmade (adjective): made by hand; manufactured manually.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use handmade in a sentence?
- Delicate handmade baby dresses. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce handmade?
/ˈhændˌmeɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does handmade come from?
From hand + made.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “handmade” mean?
feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful
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not able; lacking a certain ability
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made by hand; manufactured manually
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at or constituting a border or edge
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