Heirloom Definition

ârlo͝om
heirlooms
noun
A piece of personal property that goes to an heir along with an estate.
Webster's New World
Any treasured possession handed down from generation to generation.
Webster's New World
A cultivar of a vegetable or fruit that is open-pollinated and is not grown widely for commercial purposes. An heirloom often exhibits a distinctive characteristic such as superior flavor or unusual coloration.
American Heritage
adjective
Designating or of a type of cultivated vegetable, fruit, flower, etc. that is an older, traditional variety rather than a modern hybrid.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Heirloom

Noun

Singular:
heirloom
Plural:
heirlooms

Origin of Heirloom

  • From Middle English heirlome (“heirloom”, literally “a tool or article passed to one's heirs”), equivalent to heir +‎ loom.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English heirlome heir heir heir lome implement loom2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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