heirloom Definition
heir·loom (er′lo̵̅o̅m′)
heirloom Synonyms
heirloom
n.
heirloom Usage Examples
Converse of object
- treasure: The " You Grew In My Heart " pendant is sure to become a treasured family heirloom.
- become: Your signature frame will become a cherished family heirloom to be enjoyed for decades to come.
- sell: Many middle class families had to sell family heirlooms to survive.
- create: Made from exotic woods around the world, or create an heirloom with your own sentimental piece of wood.
- have: Do you have a favorite family heirloom or something of historic interest that you would like to know a bit more about?
- make: The late Iris Bancroft and the late Rex King made heirlooms available.
Adjective modifier
- precious: These are precious heirlooms, created today to treasure tomorrow: the perfect present for the future.
- beautiful: By using this book, a simple scrapbook will become a beautiful heirloom to be treasured forever.
- priceless: A priceless family heirloom has been stolen and everyone in town is looking for it.
- valuable: The edible seedcrops it was actively stewarding are among Earth's most valuable heirlooms and their reservoir of possible human benefits is absolutely vast.
Modifies a noun
- tomato: Heirloom tomatoes sliced to do great feel lucky quot divided what then.
- seed: To purchase our vegetable seeds we accept all major credit cards for fast, secure online ordering of our heirloom vegetable seeds.
- variety: You may be growing an heirloom variety, which you grow every year.
- baby: The Baby Gift Box Co. sells a hand knitted heirloom baby cot blanket designed exclusively by Little Badger.
- vegetable: To purchase our vegetable seeds we accept all major credit cards for fast, secure online ordering of our heirloom vegetable seeds.
- piece: Both these items will be heirloom pieces of the future.
Noun used with modifier
- family: He took the coin collection, a family heirloom of Ms Ferguson's, to pay for his flight home.
- orphan: You can find plenty of earlier orphan heirloom rescues on my website.
Preposition: of
future: Our toys will be well loved, well played with and treasured for ever - heirlooms of the future.
Preposition: for
generation: Send me your photo and I will draw for you a Pencil Portrait that will be admired and cherished as an heirloom for generations!
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