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heirlooms

heirlooms is the plural of heirloom.

Meaning of heirloom

Noun

heirloom (plural heirlooms)

  1. A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
    • Morning rehearsal starts at eleven. Wheeler takes a taxi from the hotel to the venue, bringing his tuxedo and his violin with him. His violin is an heirloom, more than a hundred years old, and while he's touring it never leaves his sight. (His tuxedo is just a tuxedo.)2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 135
    Synonyms:
    patrimony
  2. 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.
    • My last trip to the market barely yielded enough unmealy heirlooms for a couple of salads.2009 August 19, Melissa Clark, “Plums Rescue a Seasonal Favorite”, in New York Times

Questions about heirlooms

What is heirlooms the plural of?
Heirlooms is the plural of heirloom.

Words near heirlooms in the dictionary

  1. heirless
  2. heirlessness
  3. heirling
  4. heirlings
  5. heirloom
  6. heirlooms
  7. heirmoi
  8. heirmologia
  9. heirmologic
  10. heirmologion
  11. heirmos

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