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HAND-BUILD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hand-build mean?
• HAND-BUILD (verb)
The verb HAND-BUILD has 1 sense:
1. make without a potter's wheel
Familiarity information: HAND-BUILD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make without a potter's wheel
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
Context example:
This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels
Hypernyms (to "hand-build" is one way to...):
forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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