Usually means: Made at home; simple, rustic.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word HOMESPUN:

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  1. homespun: Merriam-Webster
  2. homespun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. homespun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. homespun: Collins English Dictionary
  5. homespun: Vocabulary.com
  6. Homespun, homespun: Wordnik
  7. homespun: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. homespun: Wiktionary
  9. homespun: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. homespun: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. homespun: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Homespun, homespun: Dictionary.com
  13. homespun: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Homespun (XTC album), Homespun (band), Homespun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Homespun: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. homespun: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. homespun: Rhymezone
  18. Homespun: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. homespun: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. homespun: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. homespun: FreeDictionary.org
  22. homespun: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. homespun: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. homespun: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homespun: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homespun: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. homespun: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Textile (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (homespun)

▸ adjective:  (of yarn) Spun in the home.
▸ adjective:  (of fabric) Woven in the home.
▸ adjective:  (of clothing, etc.) Made from homespun fabric.
▸ adjective:  (by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
▸ noun:  Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person.

Similar:
Tweedy, nubby, nubbly, homemade, cracker-barrel, rural, folksy, rough, unsmooth, slubbed, more...

Opposite:
sophisticated, refined, elegant

Phrases:
homespun fabric, more...

Adjectives:
coarse, rough, brown, gray, blue, plain, white, grey, more, simple, neat

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     ecru,     oatmeal,     khaki, more...



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Similar:
Tweedy, nubby, nubbly, homemade, cracker-barrel, rural, folksy, rough, unsmooth, slubbed, more...

Opposite:
sophisticated, refined, elegant

Phrases:
homespun fabric, more...

Adjectives:
coarse, rough, brown, gray, blue, plain, white, grey, more, simple, neat

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     ecru,     oatmeal,     khaki, more...



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