heirloom

[US]/'eəluːm/

[UK]/'ɛrlum/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a valuable object that has been passed down from generation to generation within a family; a family heirloom.

family heirloom

This heirloom has been handed for several generations.

The brooch is a family heirloom which came down to her from her great-grandmother.

passed down as an heirloom

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