HANDCRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handcraft mean? 

• HANDCRAFT (noun)
  The noun HANDCRAFT has 1 sense:

1. a work produced by hand labor

  Familiarity information: HANDCRAFT used as a noun is very rare.

• HANDCRAFT (verb)
  The verb HANDCRAFT has 1 sense:

1. make something by hand

  Familiarity information: HANDCRAFT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANDCRAFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A work produced by hand labor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

handcraft; handicraft; handiwork; handwork

Hypernyms ("handcraft" is a kind of...):

piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)

Derivation:

handcraft (make something by hand)

• HANDCRAFT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they handcraft    ... he / she / it handcrafts   
Past simple: handcrafted   
Past participle: handcrafted   
-ing form: handcrafting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make something by hand

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

We handcraft all our paper

Hypernyms (to "handcraft" is one way to...):

craft (make by hand and with much skill)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

handcraft (a work produced by hand labor)