"handmade" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhændˌmeɪd/ [US], /ˈhændˌmeɪd/ [UK], /ˌhændˈmeɪd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handmade.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handmade2.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: hand + made Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|made}} hand + made Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} handmade (not comparable)
  1. Made by hand; manufactured manually. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: handcrafted, handworked, handwrought Translations (made by hand): ръчен (rǎčen) (Bulgarian), изработен на ръка (izraboten na rǎka) (Bulgarian), 手工 (shǒugōng) (Chinese Mandarin), met de hand gemaakt (Dutch), handgemaakt (Dutch), käsin tehty (Finnish), manuel (French), fait main [masculine] (French), feito á man (Galician), handgemacht (German), 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (handuwaurhts) (Gothic), kézzel készített (Hungarian), lámhdhéanta (Irish), fatto a mano (Italian), handmaakt [German-Low-German] (Low German), vita tanana (Malagasy), natao tanana (Malagasy), håndlaget (Norwegian Bokmål), wykonany ręcznie (Polish), feito com as mãos (Portuguese), ручно́й рабо́ты (ručnój rabóty) (Russian), hecho a mano (Spanish), gawang-kamay (Tagalog), ручної роботи (ručnoji roboty) (Ukrainian), làm bằng tay (Vietnamese), thủ công (alt: 手工) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-handmade-en-adj-HsFuPDYu Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7

Noun

IPA: /ˈhændˌmeɪd/ [US], /ˈhændˌmeɪd/ [UK], /ˌhændˈmeɪd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handmade.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handmade2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: handmades [plural]
Etymology: hand + made Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|made}} hand + made Head templates: {{en-noun}} handmade (plural handmades)
  1. An art or craft object made by hand.
    Sense id: en-handmade-en-noun-1BlfFcUg

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