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# homemade

«homemade» in Mova's school dictionary: **made at home, not bought from a shop or factory** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (homemade, also home-made)

### meaning for a pupil

Homemade means made at home, not bought from a shop or factory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life homemade food like bread, cakes, jam or lemonade is made in your kitchen; homemade cards and presents are made by hand. In stories, homemade things show care and love, or sometimes something rough and simple. Safety: homemade fireworks or chemicals are very dangerous — never try. Phrases: «homemade cake», «homemade soup», «homemade card», «homemade costume».

### examples

- Grandma's homemade apple pie is the best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x1)
- We sold homemade lemonade at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x2)
- I made a homemade card for Mum's birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x3)
- His homemade costume won first prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x4)
- Homemade bread smells wonderful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x5)
- They built a homemade raft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x6)
- Never try homemade fireworks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x7)
- Is this jam homemade or from the shop? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homemade/#x8)

### note

Written «homemade» (common in the US and now everywhere) or «home-made» (UK). Opposite: shop-bought (UK), store-bought (US). Homemade food has no long-life preservatives, so it may go bad faster.

### In the corpora

- [Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first saw tiny living things in water, which he called «animalcules», with homemade lenses in the 1670s.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/5/)
- [You never compare the prices of presents, and a small or homemade present is fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/13/)
- [The point of a cake sale is to help, so shop biscuits count just as much as homemade cakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/31/)
- [«It's the weather, girl, not anybody's fault,» says Dad, and she makes everyone homemade cards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it/29/)
- [Homemade presents show care and time, and most kids remember who was kind, not what the present cost.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/41/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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