From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhomemadehome‧made /ˌhəʊmˈmeɪd◂ $ ˌhoʊm-/ adjectiveMAKEmade at home and not bought from a shopOPP shop-bought
homemade cakeExamples from the Corpushomemade• One afternoon she took me down there in the darkness to feed me on her homemadebread.• Right outside our perimeter, before we hardly got going, Charlieblew one of his command-detonated, homemade claymores.• They offer homemadecookies or jams or apologize for not having some ready.• Try one of these homemade cookies. They're delicious.• homemadeicecream• Billed as a remoulade, it was more like a homemademayo with lots of choppedcapers and freshtarragon.• But how often does a homemadepie appear on your holiday table?• The Wine and Food Society's propaganda in favour of homemade potted meats and fish was premature.• a bowl of homemadesoup• Ensuite bedrooms, superbrestaurants serving homemade soups, bread, pudding, etc.• These homemadevideos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside.
