handwork

See also: hand-work

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English hondwerk, from Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to hand +‎ work. Cognate with Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk, Swedish hantverk.

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Noun edit

handwork (countable and uncountable, plural handworks)

Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.

Synonyms edit

handiwork

Coordinate terms edit

manual labor (sometimes synonymous, but sometimes strenuous and unskilled rather than intricate and skilled)

Translations edit

handiwork — see handiwork

Verb edit

handwork (third-person singular simple present handworks, present participle handworking, simple past and past participle handworked)

(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.