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"CRAFTS" is a plural of: craft. |
Date "CRAFTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term Arts and Crafts refers to a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with your hands and your skill. These can be sub-divided (if you wish) into Handicrafts or "Traditional Crafts" (doing things the old way) and the rest. Some arts and crafts have been practised for centuries, while others are modern inventions, or popularisations of crafts which were originally practiced in a very small geographic area.The specific name Arts and Crafts Movement was also given to a design movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, whose proponents included William Morris and Edwin Lutyens. They believed that medieval craftsmen achieved a joy in the excellence of their work, which they strove to emulate.
These activities are called 'crafts' because originally many of them were professions. Adolescents were apprenticed to a master-craftsman, and they refined their skills over a period of years. By the time their training was complete, they were well-equipped to set up in trade for themselves, earning their living with the skill of their hands. The Industrial Revolution and the increasing mechanisation of production processes gradually reduced or eliminated many of the roles professional craftspeople played, and today 'crafts' are most commonly seen as a form of hobby.
Most crafts require a combination of skill and talent, but they can also be learnt on a more basic level by virtually anyone. Many Community centres and schools run evening or day classes and workshops offering to teach basic craft skills in a short period of time. Many of these crafts become extremely popular for brief periods of time (a few months, or a few years), spreading rapidly among the crafting population as everyone emulates the first examples.
Types of arts/crafts
- There are almost as many variations on the theme of 'arts and crafts' as there are crafters with time on their hands, but they can be broken down into a number of categories:
Crafts involving textiles
- Banner-making
- Canvas work
- Cross-stitch
- Crocheting
- Dress-making
- Embroidery
- Knitting
- Lace-making
- Macrame
- Millinery
- Needlepoint
- Patchwork
- Quilting
- Ribbon embroidery
- Rug-making
- Sewing
- Spinning
- Tapestry
- Tatting
- Weaving
Crafts involving wood, metal or clay
- Ceramics
- Chip carving
- Metalwork/Jewellery-making
- Sterling
- Porter Blanchard
- Arthur J. Stone
- Gold
- Marquetry
- Model-making
- Pottery
- Sculpture
- Woodworking
- Wood burning
Crafts involving paper or canvas
- Bookbinding
- Calligraphy
- Collage
- Decoupage
- Drawing
- Marbling
- Painting
- Origami
- Paper tole
- Pergamano
- Quilling
- Scrapbooking
- Stamping
- Teabag folding
Crafts involving plants
- Corn dolly making
- Pressed flower craft
- Rush seating
- Straw Marquetry
Other Crafts
- Doll making
- Dolls house contruction and furnishing
- Beadwork
- Egg decorating
- Etching
- Glassblowing
- Lapidary
- Photography
- Stained glass
- Toy making
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arts and crafts."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CRAFTS | English | Computer aided fault tree synthesis | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: CRAFTSSynonym: Handicrafts. (additional references) |
Crosswords: CRAFTS |
| English words defined with "CRAFTS": balsa, bamboo ♦ occupational therapy, Ochroma lagopus ♦ vocabulary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CRAFTS": area supervisor ♦ boat-ride operator ♦ COUNSELOR, CAMP, counselor, orientation and mobility, CRAFT DEMONSTRATOR ♦ DIRECTOR, CRAFT CENTER, district director, dock attendant ♦ ergoterapia ♦ group leader, GROUP WORKER ♦ instructor of blind ♦ macramé, MANAGER, HANDICRAFT-OR-HOBBY SHOP, MENTAL-RETARDATION AIDE ♦ official register of handicrafts, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY THERAPIST FOR THE BLIND, orientation therapist for blind, orientor ♦ PLAYROOM ATTENDANT, PROGRAM AIDE, GROUP WORK ♦ RECREATION LEADER, recreation specialist, RECREATION SUPERVISOR, RECREATIONAL THERAPIST, resident care aide, roll of craftsmen ♦ SUPERVISOR, JOINERS ♦ terapia occupazionale, therapeutic recreation worke, therapist for blin ♦ WHARF ATTENDANT. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Something you threw together in crafts class, Princess (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; writing credit: Trond Kirkvaag; Knut Lystad) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Crafts of My Province (1964) Habitant Arts and Crafts (1944) Eskimo Arts and Crafts (1943) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Production. Submarines. On the shores of America's inland waterways, many underwater crafts are being constructed. This submarine is undergoing finishing touches in a small bay at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Linden, New Jersey. Mrs. E.D. Roosevelt during her visit to General Motor's Eastern Aircraft Division. Left to right: L.H. Savage, president of Industrial Food Crafts Inc.; C.S. Swayze, manager, Linden plant, General Motors, Inc.; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt;. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Woodworking in the arts and crafts shop on FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. Ida Valley Farms, Shenandoah Homesteads, Luray, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for pupils from three to eighteen years of age. Boys and girls and an instructor in an arts and crafts class. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Industrial Home for the Blind, Lloyd Harbor. Crafts with man. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Angel Doll" by Paige Foster Commentary: "An angel on the shelf at an arts and crafts store. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Since waits are sometimes long and space is limited, reading, crafts, or quiet games can help pass the time. Teenagers may want to bring crafts, electronic games, playing cards, books, or magazines. (references) | |
Occupational therapy (in which therapists help children develop skills needed for performing self-directed activities — occupations — such as dressing, feeding, and practicing arts and crafts), physiotherapy, and hydrotherapy may prolong mobility. (references) | ||
Playrooms may also be equipped to provide outlets for the energies of older children and adolescents who may enjoy taking part in crafts of playing games appropriate to their ages. Video games and tape players for use in the playroom or their own rooms are popular with teens. (references) | ||
Business | During 1998 the total number of pleasure crafts and motor yachts produced in Argentina reached 150 and was valued at approximately $10 million. (references) | |
The SDI is encouraging linkages between tourism and other sectors, including agriculture, particularly in the areas of services, cultural tourism, agribusiness, building and construction, light manufacturing, and crafts production. (references) | ||
Economic History | Turkey | Turkish carpet weaving is one of the oldest crafts in the world. (references) |
Turkey | Ceramics and other Ottoman-era crafts retain their varied regional character. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | It has two fast-attack craft, two patrol crafts, and one light transport ship. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kenya | Women are taught sewing, knitting, dressmaking, rug making, basket weaving, jewelry making, and other crafts. (references) |
Political Economy | MOROCCO | There are no foreign investor performance requirements, although the new code provides income tax breaks for investments in certain regions, and in crafts and export industries. (references) |
Trade | Germany | Currently, over 20 of the 22 proposed and planned EU directives have been adopted: low voltage/ electrical safety, toys, simple pressure vessels, construction products, electro-magnetic compatibilty, gas appliances, personal protective equipment, machinery, medical devices, non-automatic weighing machines, type approval of telecommunications terminal equipment, medical devices, hot water boilers, lifts and recreational crafts. (references) |
Women | South Africa | In 2000 the Department of Trade and Industry began a program to provide incentive grants to promote the development of small and medium businesses and microenterprises for women, and for young persons and persons with disabilities in the areas of manufacturing, tourism, arts and crafts, and imports and exports. (references) |
Worker Rights | Sri Lanka | Regular employment of children also occurs in the informal sector and in family enterprises such as family farms, crafts, small trade establishments, restaurants, and repair shops. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CRAFTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 65.72% of the time. "CRAFTS" is used about 388 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 65.72% | 255 | 18,554 |
| Noun (proper) | 29.64% | 115 | 30,138 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.64% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 388 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CRAFTS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Crafts | Last name | 1,000 | 18,750 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "CRAFTS": arts and crafts ♦ small crafts. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CRAFTS": crafts-and, crafts-exters, crafts-men, crafts-people. | |
Ending with "CRAFTS": arts-and-crafts, Friedel-crafts, home-crafts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crafts.com dimension | 34 |
crafts.com save | 34 |
crafts.com moroccan | 10 |
crafts.com syrian | 9 |
crafts.com styrofoam | 3 |
child crafts.com day father | 3 |
belorussian crafts.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CRAFTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | البارعين. (various references) | |
Danish | ruralt håndværk (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), landbohaandvaerk (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), Handværk og sma virksomheder,handel og distribution,erhvervsdrivende foreninger (cooperatives, Crafts and small business, distributive trades, mutual and friendly societies and non-profit foundations), håndværksvirksomhed på landet (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts). (various references) | |
Dutch | textiele werkvormen (textile art, textile crafts, textile work), plattelandsambacht (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), landelijke ambachten (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), Ambacht en kleine ondernemingen,handel en distributie,sociale economie (cooperatives, Crafts and small business, distributive trades, mutual and friendly societies and non-profit foundations). (various references) | |
Finnish | taideteollisuus (arts and crafts, crafts and design), puhdetyöt (hobby crafts, spare-time activities), puhdetyö (hobby crafts, spare-time activities), maaseudun käsityöläisyys (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), askartelu (hobbies, hobby crafts). (various references) | |
French | artistes. (various references) | |
German | Handwerken, Handwerke. (various references) | |
Greek | αγροτική βιοτεχνία (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts). (various references) | |
Hungarian | iparművészet (applied art, applied arts, arts and crafts, handicrafts). (various references) | |
Italian | artigianato rurale (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), Artigianato e piccole imprese,comercio e distribuzione,econonomia sociale (cooperatives, Crafts and small business, distributive trades, mutual and friendly societies and non-profit foundations). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 技芸 (arts, handicrafts). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎげい (art of kabuki, arts, handicrafts). (various references) | |
Manx | ellynyn as keirdyn (arts and crafts). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aftscray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | artesanato rural (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), Artesanato e pequenas empresas,comércio e distribuição,economia social (cooperatives, Crafts and small business, distributive trades, mutual and friendly societies and non-profit foundations), arte aplicada (arts and crafts). (various references) | |
Spanish | Artesanado y Pequeñas Empresas, Comercio, Distribución y Economía Social (cooperatives, Crafts and small business, distributive trades, mutual and friendly societies and non-profit foundations), artesanía rural (country craft, rural craft, rural crafts), artes y oficios (arts and crafts). (various references) | |
Swedish | hantverk (craft, craftsmanship, handcraft, handicraft, handiwork, trade). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CRAFTS": craftsman, craftsmanlike, craftsmanly, craftsmanship, craftsmanships, craftsmen, craftspeople, craftsperson, craftspersons, craftswoman, craftswomen. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CRAFTS": antiaircrafts, campcrafts, handcrafts, handicrafts, hovercrafts, kingcrafts, scoutcrafts, seacrafts, spacecrafts, stagecrafts, statecrafts, tradecrafts, warcrafts, watercrafts, witchcrafts, woodcrafts. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CRAFTS": handcraftsman, handcraftsmanship, handcraftsmanships, handcraftsmen, handicraftsman, handicraftsmen. (additional references) | |
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"CRAFTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ceaft, crafth, craits, Creeft, cruft, Cruyft. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CRAFTS" (pronounced kra"fts or kra"fs) |
| 5 | -r a" f t s | drafts, draughts, grafts, rafts. |
| 4 | -a" f t s | hafts, shafts. |
| 3 | -f t s | airlifts, camshafts, crankshafts, crofts, drifts, forklifts, gifts, handcrafts, handicrafts, lifts, lofts, overdrafts, rifts, shifts, sifts, swifts, thefts, thrifts, tufts, updrafts. |
| 4 | -r a" f s | graphs. |
| 3 | -a" f s | gaffes, giraffes, laughs, staffs. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: carts, craft, facts, frats, rafts, scarf, scart. | |
-2 letters: acts, arcs, arfs, arts, cars, cart, cast, cats, fact, fast, fats, frat, raft, rats, scar, scat, star, tars, tsar. | |
-3 letters: act, aft, arc, arf, ars, art, car, cat, far, fas, fat, ras, rat, sac, sat, tar, tas. | |
-4 letters: ar, as, at, fa, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: factors, fractus. | |
+2 letters: factures, flatcars, forecast, fractals, fracturs, furcates, futharcs, infarcts, infracts, refracts, seacraft, traffics. | |
+3 letters: affecters, artefacts, artifacts, artifices, cofactors, colorfast, craftiest, craftsman, craftsmen, diffracts, factories, footraces, forecasts, fractions, fractious, fractures, perfectas, praefects, rockshaft, seacrafts, transfect, trifectas, trifocals, warcrafts. | |
+4 letters: affricates, aftercares, afterclaps, afterdecks, aftershock, artificers, bifurcates, cafeterias, campcrafts, chairlifts, cofeatures, cotransfer, craftiness, crankshaft, fabricants, fabricates, factorages, factorials, factorizes, factorship, fascinator, feracities, flowcharts, forcemeats, forecasted, forecaster, forecastle, fornicates, fortalices, fricatives, fruitcakes, furcations, handcrafts, interfaces, jackfruits, kingcrafts, laticifers, nonfactors, prefascist, refractors, rockshafts, sanctifier, scoutcraft, spacecraft, stagecraft, statecraft, surfactant, tackifiers, transfects, woodcrafts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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