handwork
See also: hand-work
English
Etymology
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.
Noun
handwork (countable and uncountable, plural handworks)
- Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
Synonyms
- handiwork
Translations
handiwork — see handiwork
Verb
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.