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handiwork

UK/ˈhændiˌwɜːk//ˈhændiˌwɝk/

handiwork noun: work done by the hands.

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.
    • The firmament showeth his handiwork.1901, Bible (American Standard) - Psalms 19:1
  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
    • As a primary architect of the draft Constitution that emerged from Philadelphia in 1787, Madison substantially bore the burden of defending his handiwork in his home state.2004 Fall, Laurence Claus, “The Antidiscrimination Eighth Amendment”, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, volume 28, number 1, pages 119–168

handiwork meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

handiwork in Tamil

கைவண்ணம், கைவினை

handiwork in Urdu

دستکاری, ہاتھ کا کام, کارنامہ

handiwork in Telugu

work done by the hands
చేసేత cēsēta, చేతిపని cētipani

handiwork in Malayalam

creation, product, work
കെെവേല, കെെപ്പണി, കയ്പണി, കെെപ്പാട്, സൃഷ്ടി, കൃത്യം
More languagesFewer languages
handiwork in Kannada
ಕಯ್ಕೆಲಸ, ಕೈಕೆಲಸ, ಕೈಗೈಮೆ, ಕೈಗಾರಿಕೆ
handiwork in Punjabi
ਕਾਰਸਤਾਨੀ kārsatānī
handiwork in Indonesian
kerajinan tangan

Examples of handiwork in a sentence

  • They act like they're going to go into spectator mode right afterwards to see their handiwork unfold.
  • She smiled at her handiwork, our faces far too close for comfort.
  • The hoover stopped and the man wound in the cord, admiring his handiwork.

All 14 example sentences with handiwork

Synonyms of handiwork

Forms of handiwork

pluralhandiworks
alternative form (dated)handywork

Origin of handiwork

From Middle English hondywerk, handiwerc, from Old English handġeweorc (“work done by hand, creation”), from hand (“hand”) + ġeweorc (“work”). Equivalent to hand + work, though it may now be reinterpreted as handy (“skilful”) + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Hondwierk, Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk.

Questions about handiwork

What does handiwork mean?
Handiwork means work done by the hands.
What is handiwork in Tamil?
Handiwork in Tamil is கைவண்ணம், கைவினை. See Handiwork meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is handiwork?
Handiwork is a noun.
How do you pronounce handiwork?
Handiwork is pronounced /ˈhændiˌwɜːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of handiwork?
The plural of handiwork is handiworks.

Words near handiwork in the dictionary

  1. handis
  2. handish
  3. handism
  4. handiwoman
  5. handiwomen
  6. handiwork
  7. handiworks
  8. handjar
  9. handjars
  10. handjob
  11. handjobs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: handiwork (page history and authors); handiwork (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); handiwork (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); handiwork (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); handiwork (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਾਰਸਤਾਨੀ (Punjabi) (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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