home-made

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Definitions of home-made word

adjective home-made 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. 1
adjective home-made made in one's own country; domestic: I prefer a homemade car to one of those foreign models. 1
adjective home-made made, contrived, or assembled by oneself; not professionally made or done; amateurish: the plain look of homemade furniture. 1
adjective home-made Something that is home-made has been made in someone's home, rather than in a shop or factory. 0
adjective home-made (esp of cakes, jam, and other foods) made at home or on the premises, esp of high-quality ingredients 0
adjective home-made crudely fashioned 0

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

First recorded in 1650-60; home + made

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.