Definitions for heirloom

heirloom heir·loom

Spelling: [air-loom]
IPA: /ˈɛərˌlum/

Heirloom is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in heirloom (ehilmoor).

Definitions for heirloom

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 heirloom

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

Examples for heirloom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for heirloom
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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