homemade

«homemade» in Mova's school dictionary: made at home, not bought from a shop or factory — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (homemade, also home-made)

meaning for a pupil

Homemade means made at home, not bought from a shop or factory. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life homemade food like bread, cakes, jam or lemonade is made in your kitchen; homemade cards and presents are made by hand. In stories, homemade things show care and love, or sometimes something rough and simple. Safety: homemade fireworks or chemicals are very dangerous — never try. Phrases: «homemade cake», «homemade soup», «homemade card», «homemade costume».

examples

• Grandma's homemade apple pie is the best. tree →
• We sold homemade lemonade at the fair. tree →
• I made a homemade card for Mum's birthday. tree →
• His homemade costume won first prize. tree →
• Homemade bread smells wonderful. tree →
• They built a homemade raft. tree →
• Never try homemade fireworks. tree →
• Is this jam homemade or from the shop? tree →

note

Written «homemade» (common in the US and now everywhere) or «home-made» (UK). Opposite: shop-bought (UK), store-bought (US). Homemade food has no long-life preservatives, so it may go bad faster.

In the corpora

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first saw tiny living things in water, which he called «animalcules», with homemade lenses in the 1670s.
• You never compare the prices of presents, and a small or homemade present is fine.
• The point of a cake sale is to help, so shop biscuits count just as much as homemade cakes.
• «It's the weather, girl, not anybody's fault,» says Dad, and she makes everyone homemade cards.
• Homemade presents show care and time, and most kids remember who was kind, not what the present cost.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «homemade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.