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handicraftsman

/ˈhændiˌkræftsmən/ /ˈhændɪˌkræftsmən/

Meanings
noun
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.

Examples :

"The handicraftsman carefully carved a wooden birdhouse for his daughter's school project. "
person job work industry tradition culture art

Related Words

Illustration project

project noun

/ˈprɒdʒɛkt/ /prəˈdʒɛkt/

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

"The school's fundraising project aims to renovate the library in several stages. "

Illustration carved

carved verb

/kɑːvd/ /kɑɹvd/

To cut.

"The artist carefully carved the wooden statue. "

Illustration school

school noun

/skuːl/

(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

"The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel."

Illustration usually

usually adverb

/ˈjuːʒju(ə)li/ /ˈjuːʒ(ʊə)li/

Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

"Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work."

Illustration birdhouse

birdhouse noun

/ˈbɜːrdˌhaʊs/ /ˈbɝːdˌhaʊs/

A small house for birds.

"The children painted a colorful birdhouse for their backyard. "

Illustration daughter

daughter noun

/ˈdɑ.tɚ/ /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/ /ˈdɔ.tɚ/

One’s female offspring.

"I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter."

Illustration carefully

carefully adverb

/ˈkɛːfli/ /ˈkɛɹfli/

Sorrowfully.

"He listened carefully to his mother's concerns, feeling sorrowful about her disappointment. "

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration practitioner

practitioner noun

/pɹækˈtɪʃənə/ /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/

A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.

"The experienced practitioner of yoga taught her students several new poses. "

Illustration male

male noun

/meɪl/

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

"My brother is a male. "

Illustration handicraft

handicraft noun

/ˈhændiˌkræft/ /ˈhændɪˌkræft/

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

"My grandmother enjoys practicing the handicraft of knitting beautiful sweaters. "

Illustration wooden

wooden adjective

/ˈwʊdən/

Made of wood.

"On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier."