Heirloom
Word | HEIRLOOM |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | heir loom |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Heirloom"
What do we mean by heirloom?
A valued possession passed down in a family through succeeding generations. noun
An article of personal property that passes by custom along with the estate to an heir, instead of being subject to the executor of the estate. noun
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. noun
In English law, a personal chattel that, contrary to the nature of chattels, by special custom descends to an heir with the inheritance, being such a thing as cannot be separated from the estate without injury to it, as jewels of the crown, charters, deeds, and the like. The term is sometimes loosely applied to personal property left by will or settled so as to descend like an heirloom proper; such property is distinctively called an heirloom by devise or a quasi-heirloom. noun
Hence Any personal possession that passes from generation to generation in a family or a community; any article or characteristic transmitted by ancestors. noun
Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations. noun
A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations. noun
A crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation. noun
Something that has been in a family for generations noun
(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance noun
A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
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.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Heirloom
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