Homemade
[hohm-meyd] /ˈhoʊmˈmeɪd/
adjective
1.
or prepared at , locally, or by the maker’s own efforts:
The restaurant’s pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.
2.
in one’s own country; domestic:
I prefer a homemade car to one of those foreign models.
3.
, contrived, or assembled by oneself; not professionally or done; amateurish:
the plain look of homemade furniture.
adj.
also home-made, 1650s, from home (n.) + made.
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