Showing posts with label homemade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homemade. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

handmade, handmaid

Handmade or handmade means fashioned or created by an artisan, usually by traditional methods; not made in a factory--
That's an unusual sweater. Is it handmade?
He sells handmade wooden toys at the local outdoor market.

Handmaid or handmaid ( rhymes with handmade ) means a female servant--
"Behold the handmaid of the Lord..."
The woman resented being made to feel like a handmaid in her own home.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The arisocrat's fabulous clothing was handmade by her handmaid."

Note--"homemade" means made at home, instead of purchased in a store--
She made these homemade preserves in July.