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How to use heirloom in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Heirloom means a valued possession that has been passed down through the generations. Example: “Yes, I realise the car isn't supposed to be parked in the heirloom flowerbed. My bad.”

Examples of heirloom by meaning

nounA valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

  • 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

nounAn old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in...

  • 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
  • At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like 'Duc van Tol' (1595) and its sports.2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden...
  • In a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, a team of researchers say they analyzed the genetic code of nearly 400 varieties of tomatoes ― from the common red supermarket types to the funky heirlooms found in farmers markets.2017 January 26, Nick Visser, “Scientists Say Something Is Very Wrong With The Tomato”, in HuffPost

More sentences with heirloom

  • Yes, I realise the car isn't supposed to be parked in the heirloom flowerbed. My bad.From the entry my bad
  • You want me to sell you a family heirloom like this? Tsk, you can take it from my cold, dead hands.From the entry from my cold, dead hands
  • Tender vine vegetables such as small heirloom tomatoes, zucchini (courgette) and eggplant (aubergine) are naturally skewerable.2013, Ross Dobson, Fired Up: Vegetarian. From the entry skewerable
  • An heirloom from Matthew's student days, the monocle was my long-time, trusted companion.2011, Derbhile Dromey, The Pink Cage, Dunboyne, Co. Meath: Book Republic, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry Sherlockesque
  • Your family heirloom or investment may not after all be appreciating in value as you had hoped.1986, The Strad: A monthly journal for professionals and amateurs of all stringed instruments played by the bow. From the entry unplayed
  • It was very distressing to him, this dispersal of the family heirlooms.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry accentuation
  • "Here are my family heirlooms—a few decent pearls, my grandfather's collection of camei and other trifles—but who—?"1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry camei
  • Traditional Native American plants, heirloom varieties only, no GMOs allowed.2012, Kathleen O’Dwyer, Breathing Blue: Giving my life to Spirit and Spirit to my life, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry three sisters
  • My dad wants to send heirloom tomato seeds there.2011, Laird Foster, The Lux Proofs, →ISBN, page 287. From the entry nutso
  • Some hundred million women wear diamonds, while millions of others keep them in safe-deposit boxes or strongboxes as family heirlooms.1982 February, Edward Jay Epstein, “Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?”, in William Whitworth, editor, The Atlantic Monthly…. From the entry hundred million
  • These are millineric heirlooms, however, and pass from hat to hat, so that economists might absolve their wearers from undue extravagance.1920, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, page x. From the entry millineric
  • There are heirloom apple tastings, thousands of home-baked apple pies are sold to leaf-peepers, and fresh cider is pressed along the side of the road.2015, Nancy Cain, “Quick Breads, Breakfast Foods, and Muffins”, in Against the Grain: Extraordinary Gluten-free Recipes Made from Real…. From the entry leaf peeper
  • Her dates were few and with boys who misknotted their ties, knocked heirlooms off the mantel, spoke haltingly of rainfall, soybeans, their various ailments, and family curses.1996, “The Rock Garden”, in Southern Exposure, volume 24, page 52. From the entry misknot
  • The Lumper is therefore one of the most historic of all the heirloom potato varieties now preserved under the careful eye of historic museums and potato enthusiasts alike, myself included.2013, William Woys Weaver, 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From, →ISBN, page 146. From the entry 1840s

Meaning of heirloom

  1. noun A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
  2. noun 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.

Full definition of heirloom

Questions about heirloom in a sentence

How do you use heirloom in a sentence?
Heirloom is used as a noun. For example: “Yes, I realise the car isn't supposed to be parked in the heirloom flowerbed. My bad.”
What is a short sentence with heirloom?
“My dad wants to send heirloom tomato seeds there.”
What does heirloom mean?
Heirloom means a valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

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