handcraft

[ noun hand-kraft, -krahft; verb hand-kraft, -krahft ]

/ noun ˈhændˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft; verb ˈhændˈkræft, -ˈkrɑft /

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noun

handicraft.

verb (used with object)

to make (something) by manual skill.

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Origin of handcraft

before 1000; Middle English; Old English handcræft.See handicraft

Words nearby handcraft

handcar, hand-carry, handcart, handclap, handclasp, handcraft, handcrafted, handcraftman, handcuff, handcycle, H and D curve

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How to use handcraft in a sentence

"Well, I guess we can wait as well as anything else," rejoined Hank Handcraft, extending himself lazily on the sun-warmed ground.
The Boy Scouts On The Range|Lieut. Howard Payson
The amount of time, money, eyesight and handcraft expended among ourselves on letter writing so-called is simply appalling.
East of Paris|Matilda Betham-Edwards
A handcraft school for natives has been one of his dreams all along.
Letters of a Javanese Princess|Raden Adjeng Kartini
The other afternoon the program might comprise English followed by sewing, mending, weaving, or similar handcraft instruction.
A Stake in the Land|Peter Alexander Speek

These must have all come from some low-order handcraft time line.
Time Crime|H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for handcraft

handcraft

/ (ˈhændˌkrɑːft) /

noun

another word for handicraft

verb

(tr) to make by handicraft

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