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- [air-loom]
- /ˈɛərˌlum/
- /ˈeə.luːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [air-loom]
- /ˈɛərˌlum/
Definitions of heirloom word
- noun heirloom a family possession handed down from generation to generation. 1
- noun heirloom Law. property neither personal nor real that descends to the heir of an estate as part of the real property. 1
- adjective heirloom noting or relating to an old plant variety that is being cultivated again: heirloom vegetables and fruits. Compare heritage (def 6). 1
- noun heirloom A valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations. 1
- noun heirloom sth passed down through family 1
- countable noun heirloom An heirloom is an ornament or other object that has belonged to a family for a very long time and that has been handed down from one generation to another. 0
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Origin of heirloom
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
First recorded in 1375-1425, heirloom is from the late Middle English word heirlome. See heir, loom1
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Parts of speech for Heirloom
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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heirloom popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
heirloom usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heirloom
noun heirloom
- antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
- birthright — Something that is your birthright is something that you feel you have a basic right to have, simply because you are a human being.
- gift — gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
- inheritance — something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy.
- reversion — the act of turning something the reverse way.
adjective heirloom
- collectible — that can be collected
- in demand — popular, wanted, sought after
- hot property — Stolen goods.
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