homebuilt
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈhoʊmˌbɪlt/
:
vehículo hecho en casa
- The club organized a competition to showcase members' homebuilt telescopes, encouraging creativity and innovation.
- homebuilt airplane
- homebuilt telescope
Examples
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To make matters worse, the homebuilt Tiger Moth could not fly at night, which meant no matter what happened he was stuck until dawn.
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I managed to break my ankle on my homebuilt electric motorcycle by improperly mounting a camera to it.
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Dub had worked on things all his life: phone equipment, cars, mowers, homebuilt stereo equipment, you name it.
Fiction book (2001) -
The tiny homebuilt helicopter was dubbed the Tiger Moth, according to the airbrushed graphic on the side of its fuselage.
Blog text (34) -
Boltwood, however, used a 40-cm homebuilt telescope and CCD camera located in his backyard observatory in suburban Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Academic text (2000) -
Its owner and pilot, an eccentric whom the hunter simply knew as Rotorwing74 from a reply to his Craigslist ad, assured him that the homebuilt whirlybird was safe, but he had his doubts.
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He proudly showed off his homebuilt airplane, which he had spent several years designing and constructing.
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After hours of work, she completed her homebuilt electric motorcycle, excited to take it for its first ride.
Synonyms
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2.9
An item that a person makes with their hands instead of a machine, often with care
179
1.3
Made at home rather than bought from a store
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3.9
Made by hand rather than by machine
Antonyms
How Homemade
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homebuilt used as a noun names a vehicle or machine that someone has made themselves, and the parts home and built tell you it was 'made at home' not by professionals. That's why hobby cars or planes are often called a homebuilt.