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To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.
Lewis Mumford

Meaning of "handicraft" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HANDICRAFT

Changed from handcraft through the influence of handiwork, which was analysed as if handy + work.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HANDICRAFT

handicraft  [ˈhændɪˌkrɑːft] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HANDICRAFT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Handicraft is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HANDICRAFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

handicraft

Handicraft

A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools. It is a traditional main sector of craft, and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, etc. Usually the term is applied to traditional techniques of creating items that are both practical and aesthetic. Collective terms for handicrafts include artisanry, handicrafting, crafting, and handicraftsmanship. The term arts and crafts is also applied, especially in the United States and mostly to hobbyists' and children's output rather than items crafted for daily use, but this distinction is not formal, and the term is easily confused with the Arts and Crafts design movement, which is in fact as practical as it is aesthetic.

Definition of handicraft in the English dictionary

The first definition of handicraft in the dictionary is skill or dexterity in working with the hands. Other definition of handicraft is a particular skill or art performed with the hands, such as weaving, pottery, etc. Handicraft is also Also called: handcraft. the work produced by such a skill or art.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HANDICRAFT


aircraft
ˈɛəˌkrɑːft
bushcraft
ˈbʊʃˌkrɑːft
handcraft
ˈhændˌkrɑːft
homecraft
ˈhəʊmˌkrɑːft
hovercraft
ˈhɒvəˌkrɑːft
kingcraft
ˈkɪŋˌkrɑːft
needlecraft
ˈniːdəlˌkrɑːft
runecraft
ˈruːnˌkrɑːft
schoolcraft
ˈskuːlˌkrɑːft
seacraft
ˈsiːˌkrɑːft
siegecraft
ˈsiːdʒˌkrɑːft
songcraft
ˈsɒŋˌkrɑːft
spacecraft
ˈspeɪsˌkrɑːft
stagecraft
ˈsteɪdʒˌkrɑːft
tradecraft
ˈtreɪdˌkrɑːft
warcraft
ˈwɔːˌkrɑːft
watercraft
ˈwɔːtəˌkrɑːft
witchcraft
ˈwɪtʃˌkrɑːft
Wollstonecraft
ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft
woodcraft
ˈwʊdˌkrɑːft

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HANDICRAFT

handfeed
handful
handgrip
handgun
handhold
handicap
handicap register
handicapped
handicapper
handicapping
handicrafter
handicraftsman
handier
handiest
handily
handiness
handism
handiwork
handjar
handjob

WORDS THAT END LIKE HANDICRAFT

anti-aircraft
campcraft
craft
draft
drone aircraft
fieldcraft
fixed-wing aircraft
house-craft
jet aircraft
landing craft
leechcraft
light aircraft
mothercraft
pleasure craft
priestcraft
rivercraft
roadcraft
rotary-wing aircraft
rotorcraft
stitchcraft
vertical take-off aircraft

Synonyms and antonyms of handicraft in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HANDICRAFT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «handicraft» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of handicraft

Translation of «handicraft» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HANDICRAFT

Find out the translation of handicraft to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of handicraft from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «handicraft» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

工艺品
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

artesanía
570 millions of speakers

English

handicraft
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हस्तकला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحرف اليدوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ремесленных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

artesanato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতের কাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

artisanat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kraftangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kunsthandwerk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手工芸品
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수공예품
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kerajinan tangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thủ công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைவினை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हस्तकला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el sanatı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

artigianato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rękodzieło
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ремісничих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

artizanat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειροτεχνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handwerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hantverk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

håndverk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of handicraft

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HANDICRAFT»

The term «handicraft» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.846 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HANDICRAFT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «handicraft» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «handicraft» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about handicraft

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4 QUOTES WITH «HANDICRAFT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word handicraft.
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Every decade needs its own manual of handicraft.
2
Lewis Mumford
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.
3
Nathalie Sarraute
Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.
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Leo Tolstoy
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HANDICRAFT»

Discover the use of handicraft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to handicraft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handicraft
I Arthur A. Carey, Editor Associate Editors Charles Eliot Norton ") H. Langford Warren j ' CONTENTS FOR APRIL PRINCIPLES OF HANDICRAFT THE PAST TEAR AND ITS LESSONS An Address delivered to the Society of Arts and Crafts,  ...
Arthur Carey, Frederic Allen Whiting, Huger Elliott, 1903
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Marketing strategies of handicraft products in a developing ...
Study of handicraft industry, Jammu and Kashmir.
Sheikh Bashir Ahmad, 1993
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Yogya Silver: Renewal of a Javanese Handicraft
This book is the next step in an ongoing effort to answer these and many more questions surrounding Yogya silver.
Pienke W. H. Kal, 2005
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Minnesota 1900: Art and Life on the Upper Mississippi, 1890-1915
Handicraft Guild. Summer School of Design and Handicraft: Third Annual Session. ( 19 June-20 July 1907): 1-6. 34. Minneapolis Journal, 27 March 1905. p. 7; Handicraft Guild, Summer School of Design Applied to Crafts 1 19 |unc-19 July ...
Michael Conforti, 1994
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Uttarakhand, Prospects of Development
A sample of different type of handicraft activities, for the purpose of intensive study, was drawn from different areas of the district where the particular handicraft activity was concentrated. A sample size of around 40 percent of the different type ...
G. S. Mehta, 1996
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Marketing Practices In Developing Economy: Cases From South Asia
HANDICRAFT. INDUSTRY. □□□. It is apparent that trade shows and e- marketing are the major marketing tools employed by firms in this industry. Two types of trade shows used are — the vertical or specialized show and the horizontal show ...
Khalid Hasan, 2009
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Communist China 1955-1959: Policy Documents with Analysis
On the one hand, there has been a struggle for members and markets between handicraft producer cooperatives in cities and in rural areas and between those in different localities. This has destroyed the former harmony in the division of ...
‎1962
8
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jewelry making Jewish crafts Lace craft Leatherwork Mask making Milkcap making Miniature craft Models and modelmaking Nail craft Nature craft Panty hose craft Paper, Handmade Pasta craft Peanut craft Photography of handicraft ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2005
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jewelry making Jewish crafts Lace craft Leather work Miniature craft Models and modelmaking Nail craft Nature craft Panty hose craft Paper, Handmade Pasta craft Peanut craft Photography of handicraft Pincushions Pine cone craft Pine ...
‎1989
10
Global Markets and Local Crafts: Thailand and Costa Rica ...
The tourism board's map designates the remaining handicraft centers in the greater metropolitan area of San Jose: North Sarchi, South Sarchi, Escazu, San Vicente de Moravia, and Turrialba. GuaiuTs neighboring rival, San Vicente, is not  ...
Frederick F. Wherry, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HANDICRAFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term handicraft is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bake Off at Dilton Marsh Flower and Handicraft Show | White Horse …
Do your family and friends love your baking? Do they beg for an invitation to tea? Then why not enter this year's Flower and Handicraft show to ... «White Horse News, Jul 15»
2
tehran times : Traditional skills of weaving Chuqa registered on …
... was registered on Iran's National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Organization announced on ... «Tehran Times, Jul 15»
3
Fair in St Mark's returns - Isle of Man Today
There will also be a range of competitions including handicraft and confectionery, photographic, wildflower and painting, plus children's sports. «Isle of Man Today, Jul 15»
4
Farmer's market finds a home at CrossPoint | tri.gmnews.com | Tri …
... Organic Creations, Soul Purpose Farm, Crafts by Wendy, Wunderful Creations, Beeatitudes Handicraft, Howell Organic Community Gardens, ... «Tri-Town News, Jul 15»
5
In pursuit of bringing light in the lives of our artisans, I named it Lal10
Maneet Gohil's love for travelling and interacting with people led him to co-found 'Lal10', an e-commerce portal for niche handloom, handicraft ... «YourStory.com, Jul 15»
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Man on a mission | Arab News
There is also the Okaz Market Award for Innovation in the Handicraft Industry, which is the “Made in Makkah” project. It is, however, the “Saudi ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
7
Help at hand
INDIAN HANDICRAFT is a story of ironies. While the country has highly skilled artisans who are absolute masters—be it in creating a painting, ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
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Lena Hosheck innovative handicraft at the Berlin Fashion Week
Lena Hosheck showed up at the Berlin Fashion Week with a fresh collection of work that demonstrates her passion for traditional handicraft and ... «euronews, Jul 15»
9
Indian gold karigars now given status of handicraft artisans
Further it adds that “all activities relating to manufacturing of gold jewellery” will be recognised as “activities of handicraft artisans” and the same ... «Diamond World Magazine, Jul 15»
10
EPCH to conduct certificate course on how to become successful in …
New Delhi, Jul 9 (KNN) The Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH) will conduct a certificate course to provide an excellent opportunity ... «Knn India, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Handicraft [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/handicraft>. Apr 2024 ».
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