heir·loom

heir·loom
/ˈeɚˌluːm/ noun, pl -looms [count]
1 : a valuable object that is owned by a family for many years and passed from one generation to another

a priceless family heirloom

2 US : an old type of plant that is still available because individual people have continued to grow it for many years
— usually used before another noun

heirloom tomatoes

heirloom roses


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • heir|loom — «AIR LOOM», noun. 1. a possession handed down from generation to generation: »This old grandfather clock is a family heirloom. 2. Law. a personal chattel that is passed on with an inheritance to the heir. 3. an older variety of a plant strain:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • loom — loom; loom·ery; wark·loom; heir·loom; …   English syllables

  • heir — co·heir; heir; heir·dom; heir·ess; heir·less; heir·ship; heir·loom; …   English syllables

  • heir — /er/ See heirs @ heir apparent An heir whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor; as in England the eldest son, or his issue, who must, by the course of the common law, be heir to the father whenever he happens… …   Black's law dictionary

  • heir — /er/ See heirs @ heir apparent An heir whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor; as in England the eldest son, or his issue, who must, by the course of the common law, be heir to the father whenever he happens… …   Black's law dictionary

  • heirloom — heir·loom …   English syllables

  • heirloom — heir•loom [[t]ˈɛərˌlum[/t]] n. 1) a family possession handed down from generation to generation 2) law Law. property neither personal nor real that descends to the heir of an estate as part of the real property 3) being an old variety that is… …   From formal English to slang

  • heirloom — heir|loom [ˈeəlu:m US ˈer ] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: heir + loom tool (10 19 centuries)] a valuable object that has been owned by a family for many years and that is passed from the older members to the younger members ▪ a family heirloom …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • heirloom — heir|loom [ er,lum ] noun count a valuable or special possession that has belonged to one family for many years …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Heirloom — Heir loom , n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of implement, tool. See {Loom} the frame.] Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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