Associations to the word «Heirloom»
Noun
- Tomato
- Antique
- Cultivar
- Necklace
- Gardening
- Vegetable
- Kris
- Jewelry
- Jewel
- Talisman
- Macleod
- Gardener
- Seed
- Furniture
- Hybrid
- Bead
- Treasure
- Jar
- Cupboard
- Generation
- Textile
- Phoebe
- Rory
- Mor
- Family
- Grandmother
- Unix
- Relic
- Borneo
- Gong
- Orchard
- Ring
- Sewing
- Variety
- Potato
- Ancestor
- Pear
- Item
- Herb
- Sword
- Possession
- Vase
- Artifact
- Sell
- Clan
- Gown
- Wedding
- Gift
- Portrait
- Helm
- Cheese
- Breed
- Preserve
- Bride
- Descendant
- Bean
- Fruit
- Armour
- Seal
- Crop
- Peril
- Recipe
- Garden
- Preservation
- Apple
- Axe
- Drake
Adjective
Wiktionary
HEIRLOOM, noun. A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
HEIRLOOM, noun. A crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation.
Dictionary definition
HEIRLOOM, noun. (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance.
HEIRLOOM, noun. Something that has been in a family for generations.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.