homemade

[ hohm-meyd ]

/ ˈhoʊmˈmeɪd /

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adjective

made or prepared at home, locally, or by the maker's own efforts: The restaurant's pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.

made in one's own country; domestic: I prefer a homemade car to one of those foreign models.

made, contrived, or assembled by oneself; not professionally made or done; amateurish: the plain look of homemade furniture.

Origin of homemade

First recorded in 1650–60; home + made

Words nearby homemade

homeland security, homelands movement, homeless, homelike, homely, homemade, homemaker, homemaking, homeo-, homeobox, homeobox gene

Example sentences from the Web for homemade

And that solution came from a homemade brew Branch and her sister created together.

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The CID speculated that the woman was confirming who lived there before planting a homemade nail bomb.

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A waiter brings out some fresh pretzels and homemade pork and wine sausages.

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He set off from the coast of Senegal in a 24ft homemade rowboat.

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Just under a third of all homemade sex tape submissions were created in the “Bible Belt.”

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On one side was a huge fireplace with its homemade benches, on the other a clumsily carved chiffonier loaded with solid silver.

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Later he was followed by other members of the party on homemade catamarans.

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The homemade hackle shredded flax in preparation for making linen cloth.

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They had homemade chairs before the War, boxes, and benches.

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They had stopped at the natural hedge, and now stood under the picturesque, homemade arc lightJerrys lantern with the red globe.

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homemade

adjective

Origin of homemade

Words nearby homemade

Example sentences from the Web for homemade

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

homemade

adjective

Origin of homemade

Words nearby homemade

Words related to homemade

Example sentences from the Web for homemade