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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:
Familiarity information: HANDCRAFT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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Past simple: handcrafted
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Past participle: handcrafted
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-ing form: handcrafting
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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)
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