handicraft
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈhændɪˌkræft/
:
artesanía
- Visitors can buy unique handicrafts that showcase the region's traditional skills and designs.
- handicraft production
- selling handicrafts
- Mexican handicrafts
Examples
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The village market is filled with colorful handicrafts made by local artisans.
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Saundra, your skill with handicrafts is truly remarkable.
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You can start mass producing what used to be a handicraft.
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Had to be able to do something useful, and handicrafts seemed a good option.
Blog text (1) -
My mother used to sell her handicrafts at an open market in her early nineties.
Blog text (27) -
Although paintings are no longer sold, handicrafts and printed textiles are offered for sale.
Academic text (2009) -
They can do trade in handicrafts or animal husbandry.
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Since December 1994, citizens have been allowed to sell handicrafts and a variety of light manufactures in artisan markets.
Academic text (1996) -
The hand-knitted, hand-sewn, and hand-crocheted items were labeled as "handicrafts" and were not promoted as "art."
Blog text (1) -
Sheikha Leila divides her training into different areas, including religious and domestic affairs and generating family income through handicrafts.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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4.2
A thing made by hand that shows skill and care
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2.1
Making decorative things by hand or the movement that values handmade work
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4.9
A thing made by hand that shows careful skill
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4.0
An object made by hand with skill instead of by machine
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4.0
Objects made by hand with skill and care, like pots or baskets
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Etymology
Handicraft comes from the simple parts hand and craft, where craft means 'skill'. A helpful image is of someone using their hands to make beautiful things by skill, which is why handicraft means an object made by hand or the skill of making things by hand.