home·made

[hohm-meyd]
adjective
1.
made or prepared at home, locally, or by the maker's own efforts: The restaurant's pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.
2.
made in one's own country; domestic: I prefer a homemade car to one of those foreign models.
3.
made, contrived, or assembled by oneself; not professionally made or done; amateurish: the plain look of homemade furniture.
Origin:
1650–60; home + made

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homemade

adjective
made or produced in the home or by yourself; "homemade bread" [ant: factory-made] 
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