homebrew
/ˈhoʊmˌbru/
noun
- Beer or other alcoholic drink made at home, rather than bought from a store or brewery.
- She started making homebrew after taking a class on fermentation.
- The homebrew had a unique flavor that you couldn't find in commercial beers.
- My uncle brought a bottle of his homebrew to the party.
- Software or hardware created by an amateur or hobbyist, rather than by a professional company.
- The community shares homebrew apps for the old handheld device.
- He installed a piece of homebrew on his computer to organize his music files.
- The game console can run homebrew programs written by fans.
verb
- To make beer or other alcoholic drink at home.
- I learned to homebrew from a friend who has been doing it for years.
- They homebrew every weekend and experiment with different hops.
- Many people homebrew as a hobby and share their creations with neighbors.
- To create software or hardware as an amateur or hobbyist.
- Developers often homebrew simple games for retro consoles.
- She decided to homebrew a custom operating system for her old laptop.
- You can homebrew your own tools if the commercial ones don't meet your needs.
adjective
- Made at home rather than bought from a store or produced commercially.
- We served homebrew root beer at the barbecue.
- The homebrew jam tasted fresher than anything from the supermarket.
- His homebrew cider was a hit at the harvest festival.
- Created by an amateur or hobbyist, rather than by a professional company.
- She runs a homebrew website that tracks local weather data.
- The homebrew software fixed a bug that the official update ignored.
- The homebrew hardware project won an award at the maker fair.