homemade

[ hohm-meyd ]

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adjective

made or prepared at home, locally, or by the maker's own efforts: The restaurant's pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.
made in one's own country; domestic: I prefer a homemade car to one of those foreign models.

made, contrived, or assembled by oneself; not professionally made or done; amateurish: the plain look of homemade furniture.

Origin of homemade

First recorded in 1650–60; home + made

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How to use homemade in a sentence

In the simulation, there were multiple attackers, including a truck bomb, suicide bombers and the home-made bombs known as IEDs.
The Suspect Remains at Large, But the Lockdown Was a Big Success | Eli Lake | April 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
James said the idea of a business making themed birthday cakes—with the slogan “Home made, made even easier!”
James Middleton: Kate’s Bad-Boy Brother | Tom Sykes | May 6, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Jeff Bliss shares his memories of working with her—and her home-made cookies.
Farewell to Mrs. Cleaver | Jeff Bliss | October 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Perhaps with his—or her—body cavity filled with home-made explosives?
An Utterly Useless Warning | Edward N. Luttwak | February 4, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
In short, he is the creature of this 'Joss'—this home-made deity—to which he bows down and worships.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.

The members of the crew had hardly swallowed their thimbleful of some home-made liqueur, when the rumble of a carriage was heard.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | Honore de Balzac
Many of them came from distant countries, a few were Zanzibaris, and went home made men.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton Merriman
Sherry we banished, and Marsala and liqueurs, and there was always good home-made lemonade available.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
Then, however, each side used old guns of much the same character; flint-locks to wit, with home-made powder and bullets.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram

British Dictionary definitions for home-made

home-made

adjective

(esp of cakes, jam, and other foods) made at home or on the premises, esp of high-quality ingredients
crudely fashioned

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