Handicraft

Word HANDICRAFT
Character 10
Hyphenation hand i craft
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Handicraft"

What do we mean by handicraft?

Skill and facility with the hands. noun

A craft or occupation requiring skilled use of the hands. noun

An object that is crafted by skilled hands. noun

Manual labor; hand-work in general. noun

Specifically Skilled labor with the hands; manual skill or expertness. noun

A manual employment or calling; a mechanical trade. noun

A handicraftsman. noun

Belonging to a manual trade or mechanical art.

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

A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. noun

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. - Joseph Addison noun

A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. - John Dryden noun

A craft that requires skillful hands noun

A work produced by hand labor noun

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

An artifact produced by handicraft.

A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Handicraft

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The word "handicraft" in example sentences

The principal handicraft is the production of stoneware crockery. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As she explains, an authentic Mexican handicraft is created by "an artist whose family may have done the same work for generations and who has lovingly formed, molded and put his soul into his work." ❋ Unknown (2008)

There was a movement, begun in the early Shwa years, to invest dignity in Japanese handicraft or folk art, the mingei movement, advocated by Yanagi Setsu (1889–1961). ❋ Unknown (2001)

Nevertheless let no one think that because sanitary nursing is the subject of these notes, therefore, what may be called the handicraft of nursing is to be undervalued. ❋ Unknown (1860)

Would you also include, in the National Gallery, what may be called the handicraft of a nation -- works for domestic use or ornament? ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

In an alcove to the side of one of the exhibits, a young man sat in a room full of a kind of handicraft we have not seen anywhere else. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Things that can be bought and traded such as handicraft, commercial merchan - dise, ships, and many other articles, change hands more easily and ubiquitously than land. ❋ WOLFGANG G. FRIEDMANN (1968)

But he esteeming all kind of handicraft and invention to make engines, and generally all manner of sciences bringing common commodity by the use of them, to be but vile, beggarly, and mercenary dross: employed his wit and study only to write things, the beauty and subtlety whereof were not mingled anything at all with necessity. ❋ Unknown (1904)

On the other hand, those employments which properly fall to the industrious class are ignoble; such as handicraft or other productive labor, menial services and the like. ❋ Unknown (1899)

There is, in the graceful description of a domestic visit such as we might receive any day, and in an account of any kind of handicraft, an infinity of material and form, and the Naïve shows the full nature of the Divine. ❋ Kuno Francke (1892)

"Technical education," in the sense in which the term is ordinarily used, and in which I am now employing it, means that sort of education which is specially adapted to the needs of men whose business in life it is to pursue some kind of handicraft; it is, in fact, a fine ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

There may be much science, together with the lower form of art, or "handicraft," but there is as yet no _Fine Art_. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Micro loans, which were given out to fund tourism-related activities such as handicraft, opening of travel agencies and food services saw a 13.25% decrease last year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Information on availability is not listed, though the company says the "handicraft" production process takes 25 days. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The rest of Vietnam's 46-million-strong workforce is employed in other sectors such as handicraft villages or cooperatives, for whom no accident statistics exist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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