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Handicraft Moderate

Handicraft has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a work produced by hand labor

2

a craft that requires skillful hands

3

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
work trade arts and crafts
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bookbinding sewing spinning weaving knitting crocheting lace making needlework

Origin

The word handicraft comes from the Old English handcræft. It originally combined the words for "hand" and "skill" to mean work done with one's hands.

Rhyming Words
aft naft taft waft raft haft daft chaft draft craft shaft graft abaft bedaft upwaft recraft indraft regraft ingraft engraft
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