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Definitions: Handwork |
HandworkNoun1. A work produced by hand labor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "handwork" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Engineering & Technology | Work done by hand rather than by machine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: HandworkSynonyms: handcraft (n), handicraft (n), handiwork (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Handwork |
| Specialty definitions using "handwork": child-care leader, child-day-care center worker ♦ day care worker ♦ NURSERY SCHOOL ATTENDANT. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Handwork" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Handwork" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
handwork | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "handwork"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | punë me dorë. (various references) | |
Arabic | العمل اليدوى. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ръчна работа (handicraft, handiwork). (various references) | |
Chinese | 手工 (manual). (various references) | |
Czech | ruèní práce (fancywork, handicraft, handiwork, needlework). (various references) | |
Danish | håndarbejde. (various references) | |
Dutch | handwerk (handicraft, handiwork, occupation, trade). (various references) | |
Finnish | käsityö (free blowing, handicraft, needlework, offhand process, off-hand working). (various references) | |
French | travail la main, artisanal (handicraftsman). (various references) | |
German | Handarbeit (crocheting, handicraft, handiwork, knitting, manual work, manual-labour, needlework, work done by hand), Handwerk (business, craft, handcraft, handicraft, handiwork, occupation, trade). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעש" י"ים (handicraft, handmade), עבו"ת י" (hand made). (various references) | |
Hungarian | valakinek keze munkája, kézimunka (embroidery, handicraft, made by hand, manual labor, manual labour, needlework, tatting). (various references) | |
Italian | manufatto (artefact, handmade article, manufactured), lavoro a mano. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ハンセン病 (employee of a messenger or delivery service, Hamburg, Hamburg steak, hamburger, hammer, hammock, hand, hand carrier, hand lotion, handbag, hand-ball, handbook, handcart, Handelsblatt, handicap, handicraft, hand-knit, handle, handler, handlift, handling, handmade, handout, handshake, handy, handy mook, humble, hunt, hunter, hunter killer, hunting, hunting cap, Hunting World, leprosy, manual forklift, oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop, pallet jack, steering wheel), 手仕事 (manual labor, working with one's hands). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ハンドワーク , てし"と (manual labor, working with one's hands). (various references) | |
Manx | obbyr laue (handicraft, manual labour). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andworkhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | barra do molinete. (various references) | |
Romanian | confecţie manualã. (various references) | |
Russian | ручная работа (hand job, handicraft, handiwork). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ručni rad (distaff, fancywork, handicraft, handiwork). (various references) | |
Spanish | trabajo manual (handiwork), trabajo a mano. (various references) | |
Swedish | handarbete (embroidery, free blowing, handicraft, handiwork, knitting, needlecraft, needlework, offhand process, off-hand working, work). (various references) | |
Turkish | elişi (handicraft, handiwork). (various references) | |
Ukranian | ручна праця. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc l m bằng tay, thủ công (artisanal). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 35, Verse 33 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai liqourghsai ton liqon kai katergazesqai ta xula kai poiein en panti ergw sofiaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ad excogitandum et faciendum opus in auro et argento et aere sculpendisque lapidibus et opere carpentario quicquid fabre adinveniri potest |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And in stonus to ben graued, and in carpentarye werk; what thing craftily may be founde, he hath youun in his herte; and Ooliab, the sone of Achymasech, of the lynage of Dan; bothe he hath tauyte with wisdom, that thei maken the werkis of carpentarye, of browdrye, and of werkyng with needlis, of iacynct, and purpur, and cocto twies died, and of bijs, and alle thinges weue thei, and alle newe thingis fynde thei. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And with grauynge of stones to sett, and with keruynge in wodd, and to worke in all maner of sotle workes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of curious work. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Trained in the cutting of stones and the ornamenting of wood and in every sort of handwork. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 35, Verse 33 |
| Bulgarian | да изсича камъни за влагане, и да изрязва дърва, и да работи всяка художествена работа. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa pagsapsap sa mga bato nga igahal-up, ug sa pagkulit sa kahoy, sa pagbuhat sa tanan nga buhat sa pagkabatid. |
| Chinese | 又 能 刻 寶 石 、 可 以 鑲 嵌 、 能 雕 刻 木 、 能 作 各 樣 的 巧 工 。 |
| Croatian | da reže dragulje za umetanje; da urezuje u drvetu i da umješno radi svaki posao. |
| Danish | og med Udskæring af Sten til Indfatning og med Træskærerarbejde, kort sagt til at udføre alskens Kunstarbejde. |
| Dutch | En in kunstige steensnijding, om in te zetten, en in kunstige houtsnijding; om te werken in alle vernuftige handwerk. |
| Finnish | hiomaan ja kiinnittämään kiviä ja veistämään puuta, tekemään kaikkinaisia taidokkaita töitä. |
| French | de graver les pierres enchâsser, de travailler le bois, et d`exécuter toute sortes d`ouvrages d`art. |
| German | Edelsteine zu schneiden und einzusetzen, Holz zu zimmern, zu machen allerlei kunstreiche Arbeit. |
| Haitian Creole | pou l' travay pyè tankou òfèv yo konn fè a, epi pou l' konn moute yo, pou l' travay bwa, pou l' ka fè tout kalite travay atizan konn fè. |
| Hungarian | És foglalásra való köveket metszeni, és fát faragni; és minden mesterséges munkát végezni. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | untuk mengasah batu permata yang akan ditatah; untuk mengukir kayu dan untuk segala macam karya seni lainnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan akan mengukir permata dan menatahkan dia dan akan mengukir kayu dengan kepandaian dan akan mengadakan segala pekerjaan tangan yang dengan kepandaian. |
| Italian | per intagliare le pietre da incastonare, per scolpire il legno e compiere ogni sorta di lavoro ingegnoso. |
| Korean | 보 석 을 깎 아 물 리 며 나 무 를 새 기 " 여 러 가 지 공 교 한 일 을 하 게 하 셨 |
| Maori | Mo te tuhi kohatu, mo te whakanoho, mo te whakairo rakau, mo te mahi i nga mahi katoa a te tohunga. |
| Modern Greek | και να γλυφη λιθους ενθεσεως και να σκαλιζη ξυλα δι' εργασιαν, δια παν εντεχνον εργον. |
| Norwegian | og til å slipe stener til innfatning og skjære ut i tre, til å utføre alle slags kunstverker. |
| Portuguese | em lavramento de pedras para engastar, em entalhadura de madeira, enfim, para trabalhar em toda obra fina. |
| Rumanian | sq sape kn pietre wi sq le lege, sq lucreze lemnul cu mewtewug, wi sq facq tot felul de lucrqri mewtewugite. |
| Russian | Й ТЕЪБФШ ЛБНОЙ "МС ЧУФБЧМЙЧБОЙС, Й ТЕЪБФШ "ЕТЕЧП, Й "ЕМБФШ ЧУСЛХА ИХ"ПЦЕУФЧЕООХА ТБ'ПФХ; |
| Spanish | en el tallado de piedras para engastar, en el tallado de madera y para realizar toda clase de labor artística. |
| Swedish | till att smida stenar för infattning: och till att snida i trä, korteligen, till att utföra alla slags konstarbeten. |
| Thai | และเจียระไนพลอยต่างๆสำหรับฝังในกระเปาะ และการแกะสลักไม้ คือให้มีฝีมือ"ีเลิศทุกอย่าง |
| Ukrainian | і в обробленні каменя, щоб всаджувати, і в обробленні дерева, щоб робити в усякій мистецькій роботі. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "handwork": handworker, handworkers, handworks. (additional references) | |
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"Handwork" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hannawora. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-h-k-n-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: dorhawk. | |
-2 letters: hadron, onward. | |
-3 letters: adorn, adown, drank, drawn, drown, hoard, honda, krona, radon, rowan. | |
-4 letters: ankh, dank, dark, darn, dawk, dawn, dhak, dhow, dona, dork, down, draw, hand, hank, hard, hark, hawk, hoar, honk, hora, horn, howk, hwan, kaon, karn, khan, knar, know, koan, nard, nark, okra, orad, rand, rank, road, roan, wand, ward, wark, warn, whoa, woad, wonk, word, work, worn. | |
-5 letters: ado, and, ark, awn, dah, dak, daw, don, dor, dow, had, hao, haw, hod, hon, how, koa, kor, nah, naw, nod, noh, nor, now, oak, oar, oka, ora, own, rad, rah, ran, raw, rho, rod, row, wad, wan, war, wha, who, wok, won. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-h-k-n-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: handiwork, handworks. | |
+2 letters: handiworks, handworker. | |
+3 letters: handworkers, hardworking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6E 64 77 6F 72 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- -. -.. .--. --- .-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101110 01100100 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a n d w o r k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006E 0064 0077 006F 0072 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4267807089818477 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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