Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To fashion or make by hand.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Skilled labor with the hands; manual occupation. See
handicraft .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
handicraft . - transitive verb to make (something) by hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun variant of
handicraft - verb To engage in handcraft or handicraft.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- verb make something by hand
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Examples
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Orangel says a lot of Mexican handcraft is cheaper in Los Angeles than here because there is less shipping cost and the Mexican duty has not been added in (shipped from China).
Question ;Microdyne 2004
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It must be the most popular, widely practiced handcraft in the world.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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The overall experience -- watching artisans handcraft your pizza, sitting at community tables -- is pure theatre.
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And the overall experience—watching artisans handcraft your order, sitting at communal tables—is pure theatre.
Sea and Symphony 2011
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The handcraft site Etsy.com also is selling a T-shirt emblazoned with Pike's image but showing flowers coming out of his spray can.
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Essentially, what the piece allows users to do is to select a frame from the video and handcraft it, redraw the frame and incorporate their own sensibilities, their love for Johnny Cash, in different ways, says curator Shari Frilo.
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Piece by Piece offers workshops in underserved neighborhoods in Los Angeles, where professional artists teach residents-in-need to handcraft beautiful picture frames, vases, mirrors and other objets d'art from mosaics.
Lois Alter Mark: Shop With a Conscience This Holiday Season Lois Alter Mark 2011
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It must be the most popular, widely practiced handcraft in the world.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Piece by Piece offers workshops in underserved neighborhoods in Los Angeles, where professional artists teach residents-in-need to handcraft beautiful picture frames, vases, mirrors and other objets d'art from mosaics.
Lois Alter Mark: Shop With a Conscience This Holiday Season Lois Alter Mark 2011
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It must be the most popular, widely practiced handcraft in the world.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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