arts and crafts

arts and crafts
noun
the arts of decorative design and handicraft
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they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production

• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form
• Hypernyms: ↑art, ↑artistic creation, ↑artistic production
• Hyponyms: ↑handicraft

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noun plural
: the arts of decorative design and handicraft (as bookbinding, weaving, and needlework) that are concerned with objects of use

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the handcrafting and decoration of esp. utilitarian objects.
[1885-90]

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Arts and Crafts UK US adjective
made in a style that returned to using patterns, materials, and methods that existed before industrial production, following ideas developed in England in the late 19th century

a collection of Arts and Crafts jewellery

Thesaurus: styles and methods in arthyponym

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arts and crafts,
woodworking, knitting, and similar work involving artistic design.

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plural n. decorative design and handicraft

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noun [plural]
: objects that are meant to be both useful and beautiful

a shop that sells local arts and crafts, such as pottery and baskets

: the activity of making such objects

demonstrations of various arts and crafts

the Arts and Crafts Movement [=a time when many people were working together to make arts and crafts popular] in the second half of the 19th century

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ˌarts and ˈcrafts [arts and crafts] noun plural
activities that need both artistic and practical skills, such as making cloth, jewellery and ↑pottery

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