Man-made

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  man-made \man-made\ adj.
     Not of natural origin; prepared or made by humans;
     artificial; of substances, made by chemical reaction rather
     than extracted from a natural source; as, man-made fibers;
     man-made gems. Opposed to {natural}.
  


     Syn: semisynthetic, synthetic.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  man-made
       adj : not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially;
             "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" [syn: {semisynthetic},
              {synthetic}]