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hand-work

hand-work is the alternative form of handiwork.

Meaning of handiwork

Noun

handiwork (usually uncountable, plural handiworks)

  1. (usually) Work done by the hands.
    Synonyms:
    handwork
  2. (usually) A handmade object; a handicraft.
    • The Museum of Popular Arts showcases Portugal's finest handiworks.
  3. (usually) Work done personally.
    • The street names are the handiwork of city planners.
  4. (usually) The result of personal efforts.
    • Brunel's associations with the area have left a few examples of his handiwork or teaching in South Wales.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 163

Forms of hand-work

pluralhand-works

Questions about hand-work

What is hand-work the alternative form of?
Hand-work is the alternative form of handiwork.

Words near hand-work in the dictionary

  1. hand-waved
  2. hand-waves
  3. hand-waving
  4. hand-wavy
  5. hand-winged
  6. hand-work
  7. hand-worked
  8. hand-works
  9. hand-woven
  10. hand-wringing
  11. hand-wringingly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hand-work (page history and authors); handiwork (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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