Handiwork definition

hăndē-wûrk
Work done by the hands.

The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks.

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Work performed by hand.
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The product of a person's efforts and actions.
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Anything made or done by a particular person.
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Work done personally.
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The result of personal efforts.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
handiwork
Plural:
handiworks

Origin of handiwork

  • Middle English handiwerk from Old English handgeweorc hand hand geweorc work (ge- collective pref. kom in Indo-European roots) (weorc work work)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English handiwerc, from Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), from hand (“hand”) + ġeweorc (“work”). More at hand, work.

    From Wiktionary

Handiwork Sentence Examples

  • The Indian women are expert weavers, and their handiwork often commands high prices.

  • On the outskirts of the city, near Eastlake Park, is the Indian Crafts Exhibition, which contains rare collections of aboriginal handiwork, and where Indians may be seen making baskets, pottery and blankets.

  • The gorgeous decoration of the mausoleum of Iyeyasu at NikkO, and of the gateway of the Nishi Hongwan temple at KiOto, are the most striking instances of his handiwork or direction.

  • The fresco-paintings, ceramic motives, reliefs, free sculpture and toreutic handiwork of Crete have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impression already created by the goldsmiths' and painters' work of the Greek mainland (Mycenae, Vaphio, Tiryns).

  • This is the magical landscape of nature uncluttered by human handiwork.

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