Homebrewed

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Drink brewed at home. uncountable

    "They soon made friends again over a pipe and some homebrewed."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of homebrew form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Brewed at home. not-comparable

    "The girl made a wry little face. "I don't like beer, Mr. Landon," she said. "It's horrid stuff, even when it's homebrewed!"

  2. 2
    Homemade. broadly, not-comparable

    "It is somewhat characteristic of this aircraft's designer that he found a homebrewed solution to the high cost of fabricating this curved boom section."

Example

More examples

"The girl made a wry little face. "I don't like beer, Mr. Landon," she said. "It's horrid stuff, even when it's homebrewed!"

Etymology

From home + brewed.

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