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HANDBUILD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does handbuild mean?
• HANDBUILD (verb)
The verb HANDBUILD has 1 sense:
1. make without a potter's wheel
Familiarity information: HANDBUILD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make without a potter's wheel
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
coil; hand-build; handbuild
Context example:
This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels
Hypernyms (to "handbuild" is one way to...):
forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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