handwork

[ hand-wurk ]

noun

1. work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.

handwork

/ ˈhændˌwɜːk /

noun

1. work done by hand rather than by machine

Derived Forms

• ˈhandˌworked, adjective

Other Words From

• hand worker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of handwork¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English handweorc. See hand, work; handiwork

Example Sentences

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.

From Outside Online

You see the handwork, the glue, how the people in the agency were working on it.

From The Daily Beast

The Odyssey will be used, however, in schools where there is no handwork and no chance of seeing collections of suitable objects.

From Project Gutenberg

Many pleasant experiments are to be made in connecting some of the handwork of the youngest children with their literature.

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What is there left for the representatives of handwork, these numberless millions of proletarians or of small farmers?

From Project Gutenberg

But from October onwards through the whole winter and up to the end of May, the demand for handwork never slackens.

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Bassett thought he saw the handwork of some enterprising journalist, and smiled grimly.

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Related Words

• workmanship