Is It Handmade or Hand Made?

The American Heritage Dictionary defines “Handmade“ as; made or prepared by hand rather than by machine. It's definition of “Handcrafted”; to fashion or make by hand. Merriam Webster: Handmade; made by hand or by a hand process. Handcrafted; to fashion by handicraft.

Which is correct handmade or hand made?

Homemade and handmade are synonyms and only have slight differences depending on the intended meaning. In addition to being similar because of the shared origin, they both refer to something that is crafted personally and by hand.

Is handmade one word or hyphenated?

A “handmade sweater” uses no hyphen because “handmade” is a closed compound in leading dictionaries. There are two exceptions to this hyphenation rule. One is for “ly” adverbs. You don't hyphenate those.

Marcus Vance

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