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man-made

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man-made or man·made (mnmd)
adj.
Made by humans rather than occurring in nature; synthetic: man-made fibers; a manmade lake. See Usage Note at man.

man-made
adj
made or produced by man; artificial
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Adj.1.man-made - not of natural originman-made - not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

man-made
adjective artificial, manufactured, plastic (slang), mock, synthetic, ersatz a variety of materials, both natural and man-made
Translations
man-made [ˈmænˈmeɪd] ADJ [material] → sintético, artificial; [lake, island, environment] → artificial; [gas, chemical] → producido por el hombre
man-made fibresfibras fpl sintéticas
man-made disasters such as Chernobyldesastres provocados por el hombre como Chernobyl

man-made
adj
(= artificial)künstlich; man-made fibres (Brit) or fibers (US) → Kunstfasern pl, → synthetische Fasern pl; man-made leather/silkKunstleder nt/-seide f
(= caused by man) disaster, pollutionvom Menschen verursacht; world, environment, lawsvom Menschen geschaffen

man-made [ˈmænˌmeɪd] adjartificiale, sintetico/a

man-made من صنع الإنسان syntetický menneskeskabt künstlich τεχνητός artificial teko- synthétique umjetan artificiale 人造の 인공의 kunstmatig kunstig wytworzony przez człowieka artificial искусственный människotillverkad ซึ่งสร้างขึ้นมา sentetik nhân tạo 人造的


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Here, hopelessly man-made as the great wall was, nothing seemed artificial.
It was the man-made weapon which killed the great beast that might easily have survived the assault of seven mighty lions, for Tarzan's spear had pierced the great lungs, and Buto, with victory almost in sight, succumbed to internal hemorrhage.
The boy, leaning over the rail, was looking far beyond the man-made town deep into the God-made jungle.
 
 
 
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