Associations to the word «Heirloom»

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.
Alexander Pope