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# handmade

«handmade» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made by a person using their hands or simple tools, not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x1)
- The market sells handmade soap and candles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x2)
- Handmade shoes take days to make. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x3)
- This handmade quilt was Grandma's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/#x4)
- Each handmade bowl looks a little different. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handmade» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handmade/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.