hand-crafted
4
3.9
- adjective
- /ˈhændˌkræftɪd/
:
artesanal
- The artisan specializes in creating hand-crafted furniture using traditional techniques.
- hand-crafted item
- hand-crafted jewelry
- hand-crafted furniture
Examples
-
Sponsored annually by the GFWC Dickson Woman's Club, the event features over 100 vendors of hand-crafted items, from wreaths to candles, woodworking to jewelry, and much more.
Blog text (26) -
Everything from the look of this Victorian-era bar to the bartenders' old-time get-ups to the hand-crafted, classic cocktails gives this place a totally classy, throwback-feeling vibe.
Blog text (18) -
"Am I standing before you in hand-crafted shoes?"
Fiction book (2002) -
Or at least making it more about a hand-crafted product instead of mass-produced stuff.
Blog text (28) -
"So I thought it would be great if we could have a list of unique whiskies and hand-crafted cocktails."
Blog text (12) -
There is a difference between not being able to afford, or willing to pay, for a hand-crafted item, and the item not being worth the asking price.
Blog text (1) -
Travelers will also find a number of hand-crafted signature cocktails, including the All Star Smash, The K, and Team Captain.
Blog text (10) -
The furniture in the room, the chairs, the sofa, and the tables were old, hand-crafted family heirlooms, she thought.
Fiction book (1993) -
This up-and-coming exhibit will feature a plethora of hand-crafted boats by the artist.
Blog text (6) -
Michael Anthony Carnacchi works on a pair of hand-crafted leather boots at his Sebastopol shop, Apple Cobbler.
Blog text (27)
Synonyms
255
2.9
An item that a person makes with their hands instead of a machine, often with care
10
5.6
Made by hand in a skilled, traditional way
1
7.8
Made by hand with an axe or chisel, often rough
Made by hand, not by machine
A person makes it by hand rather than by machine
Antonyms
How Handmade
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hand-crafted is easy to remember: it joins hand ('the part of your body you use to touch and make things') and craft ('skill in making things'), like in craftsman or crafts. So something hand-crafted is made by hand with skill, not by a machine.