homemade

adjective

home·​made ˈhō(m)-ˈmād 

1

: made in the home, on the premises, or by one's own efforts

2

: of domestic manufacture

Examples of homemade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Using Commercial Cleaners While homemade cleaners can be used, commercial cleaners are just as effective for removing hard water stains from your toilets. —Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025

In Ryan Coogler’s 2025 blockbuster, Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku plays a woman named Annie, who makes a living by supplying her neighbors in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with homemade medicinal cures. —Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025

Not to mention, the homemade harissa from Jnane Tamsna. —Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 4 Sep. 2025

Menus feature local ingredients like Chilean king crab, Patagonian lamb and guanaco, foraged fruit and herbs, and homemade sopaipillas pastries. —Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for homemade

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed

Kids Definition

homemade

adjective

home·​made ˈhōm-ˈ(m)ād 

: made in the home