Definitions for heirlooms

heirlooms heir·loom

Spelling: [air-loom]
IPA: /ˈɛərˌlum/

Heirlooms is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 426 anagrams from letters in heirlooms (ehilmoors).

Definitions for heirlooms

noun

  1. a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
  2. Law. property neither personal nor real that descends to the heir of an estate as part of the real property.

adjective

  1. noting or relating to an old plant variety that is being cultivated again: Compare heritage (def 6).

Origin of heirlooms

First recorded in 1375-1425, heirloom is from the late Middle English word heirlome. See heir, loom1

Examples for heirlooms

Their plough, an heirloom from remote antiquity, merely scratches the earth.

It was an heirloom, and she could never bring herself to part with it.

He opened a silver cigarette-case—an heirloom with a crest on it.

Unfortunately, most heirloom apple trees have long since been ripped out of the ground.

The jewelry—rock crystals inset in silver—was bold but not ostentatious thanks to its antique finish and heirloom quality.

Walking through rows of Swiss chard, heirloom tomatoes, leeks, and artichokes, he can tell you exactly when each is at its peak.

They had to infect the perfectly adequate data with the totally improbable idea of a 400-year-old heirloom elk antler tool.

And then heirloom varieties tend to be more nutritious—and delicious—than modern, overbred varieties.

I'd swear that strong brow and frank look must be an heirloom.'

He thinks that—that heirloom house of mine will look better in the daylight.

Word Value for heirlooms
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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