as in gift
something that is or may be inherited
Her watch is a family heirloom.
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Recent Examples of heirloom
There are different reasons that families wind up with intergenerational traditions or heirlooms.
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Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2025
While Pia is preparing for her younger sister Sonal’s (Anoushka Chadha) lavish Indian wedding celebration, she's confronted with her mother's (Sindhu Vee) solution to her financial woes: a collection of valuable family heirloom jewelry that could solve all her money problems.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Lopez expanded the family’s brand to include an entire line of pantry products like mole starters, masa harina, chocolate and heirloom black beans.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Each handwoven textile – which takes several months to be completed – is a kind of heirloom whose motifs tell a story that is passed on from one generation to the next.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
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Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2025
While Pia is preparing for her younger sister Sonal’s (Anoushka Chadha) lavish Indian wedding celebration, she's confronted with her mother's (Sindhu Vee) solution to her financial woes: a collection of valuable family heirloom jewelry that could solve all her money problems.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Lopez expanded the family’s brand to include an entire line of pantry products like mole starters, masa harina, chocolate and heirloom black beans.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Each handwoven textile – which takes several months to be completed – is a kind of heirloom whose motifs tell a story that is passed on from one generation to the next.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heirloom
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“Heirloom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heirloom. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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