Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Work made or done by craftspeople.

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  • noun handicraft
  • noun An item produced by handicraft.

Etymologies

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craft +‎ work

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Examples

  • A report from 1833 stated that about 650 men were employed at Sing Sing in craftwork including locksmiths, shoemakers, weavers, tailors, masons, and stonecutters.

    Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006

  • The inhabitants of tropical as well as temperate forests are indigenous people and mestizos who combine food production with complementary activities in craftwork.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The inhabitants of tropical as well as temperate forests are indigenous people and mestizos who combine food production with complementary activities in craftwork.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The inhabitants of tropical as well as temperate forests are indigenous people and mestizos who combine food production with complementary activities in craftwork.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The difference in terms of values becomes immediately apparent: discipline in deadlines, writing aesthetics, "craftwork", even the very choice of words.

    duel vision Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • The difference in terms of values becomes immediately apparent: discipline in deadlines, writing aesthetics, "craftwork", even the very choice of words.

    Archive 2004-12-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • Jones has an eye for the melancholic resonance of outmoded craftwork and over-indulgent decoration, for romantic escapism betrayed by needlepoint sentimentality.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

  • Yao Lin/China Foto Press/Zuma Press Workers make needlework rabbits at a craftwork plant in Changzhi, Shanxi province.

    Here Comes the Rabbit 2011

  • As Pea showed him her craftwork and picked the lint off his shirt as we took photos of them, it struck me that our Centre's potential was more than just providing income-generating skills for Cambodians affected by HIV and extreme poverty.

    Ken Wong: The Language Not Needed For Love Ken Wong 2011

  • In just seven unneccesarily complicated steps, you too can learn how to transform a "weightless virtual commodity into a lovingly handmade piece of artisanal craftwork fated to collapse into its own meta-indexical core like the semiotic black hole it is."

    Boing Boing 2009

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