handwork
work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
Origin of handwork
1Other words from handwork
- hand worker, noun
Words Nearby handwork
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How to use handwork in a sentence
Although the construction is inherited from World Cup engineering, the wood-laminate core and complicated layup—it takes a lot of handwork to put all the pieces together—offer race-level-precision edge hold on a far more manageable level.
Long-Term Review: The Best Skis, Period | Heather Schultz and Marc Peruzzi | March 4, 2021 | Outside OnlineYou see the handwork, the glue, how the people in the agency were working on it.
The Odyssey will be used, however, in schools where there is no handwork and no chance of seeing collections of suitable objects.
Literature in the Elementary School | Porter Lander MacClintockMany pleasant experiments are to be made in connecting some of the handwork of the youngest children with their literature.
Literature in the Elementary School | Porter Lander MacClintockWhat is there left for the representatives of handwork, these numberless millions of proletarians or of small farmers?
Anarchism | Paul Eltzbacher
But from October onwards through the whole winter and up to the end of May, the demand for handwork never slackens.
The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward | Janet Penrose TrevelyanBassett thought he saw the handwork of some enterprising journalist, and smiled grimly.
The Breaking Point | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for handwork
/ (ˈhændˌwɜːk) /
work done by hand rather than by machine
Derived forms of handwork
- handworked, adjective
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