Dictionary Definition
heirloom
Noun
1 (law) any property that is considered by law or
custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that
inheritance
2 something that has been in a family for
generations
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A valued possesion that has been passed down through the generations
Translations
- Finnish: perintökalleus
Extensive Definition
Heirloom may refer to:
- Antique, an old collectible item passed down from one generation to another
- Heirloom (law), in English law, an item which may not be separated from an estate in inheritance
- Heirloom plant, an open-pollinated cultivar that is no longer commonly used in large-scale agriculture
- Heirloom toolchest, a port of classic UNIX tools, updated for new Unices.
- Heirloom, something that has been passed down for generations through family members
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bequeathal, bequest, birthright, borough-English,
coheirship, coparcenary, entail, gavelkind, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal
hereditament, inheritance, law of
succession, legacy, line
of succession, mode of succession, patrimony, postremogeniture,
primogeniture,
reversion, succession, ultimogeniture