heirloom
Plural: heirlooms
Noun
- A valuable object passed down through generations within a family.
- (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
- something that has been in a family for generations
- A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
- An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.
Examples
- He considered his well-worn Scrabble dictionary an heirloom, passed down from his grandmother.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English heirlome (“heirloom”, literally “a tool or article passed to one's heirs”), equivalent to heir + loom.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
heirloom: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordheirloom: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
heirloom: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
heirloom: valid Words With Friends Word