Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something given or kept; a memento.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship. The word was used as the title of some of the holiday gift-books formerly published annually. See annual, n., 4.
Wiktionary
- n. Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
- n. historical Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.
WordNet 3.0
- n. something of sentimental value
Etymologies
- From keep + sake. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Why does he need an afterthought keepsake from the airline disaster?”
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“: Hands out hot white chocolate in keepsake mugs with rabid wolf logo on side:”
“The word keepsake recalled the box to her mind, and all the train of ideas which the Flora had banished.”
“She said selling the keepsake was an "enormous decision," but she made a single copy and has no regrets.”
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“Auctioneer Philip Weiss believes the keepsake will be a high-demand item due to an increased interest in the Thriller singer since his death last June.”
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“When I was a pre-teen kid, my grandmothers really turned me on to the notion of keepsake boxes.”
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that women should be discouraged from having so many so-called keepsake ultrasounds.”
“Immortalizing your newborn baby's footprint in bronze as a keepsake might be a long-cherished tradition, but another kind of imprint has become much more popular -- the digital kind.”
“DETROIT - The last North Carolinian to climb the ladder Monday night and clip a piece of the championship net for a keepsake was the head basketball coach,”
“I don't know that I actually have anything that I would describe as a keepsake that says anything about me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘keepsake’.
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Specifically
Being a list of words which have "specifically" in their definitions.
recompose, specifically, Dutch, abstinence, discipline, virtue, namely, opening, century, amalgamation, cup, second and 303 more...
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Wordnik Spam Inquiries
We get a lot of spam emails at Wordnik that fit this pattern: "Mr Bob Wilson here and i will like to know if you do have X for sale". The words on this list represent a subset of such requested items.
burnisher, shaper vise, salt spreader, soil pulveriser, bible, flutes, baffles, crucifix cross, proofer, gazebo, real bubble wrap, roller tray and 206 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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Beautiful Compound Words
aftermath, afterthought, butterfly, campfire, colorblind, backhand, crossword, cupcake, dollhouse, drawbridge, dreadlock, dreamscape and 73 more...
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Shopping From Home (For Words)
The list begins with evocative words I found in a Bed Bath & Beyond catalog, but other words in a similar vein are welcome, with two simple rules: they must come out of catalogs, and they can't...
sconce, mercer, urn, crock, pique, taffeta, chenille, ensemble, crescent, flocked, stockpot, microfiber and 40 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, K
kirtle, knapsack, knobbly, kern, kaddish, knight, kaleidoscope, kindling, knell, knoll, kneecap, kindred and 50 more...
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fantasy
masquerade, spiral, faerie, gnome, twinkle, aurora, haunt, gargoyle, passion, starshine, gargoyle, crimson and 61 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (K)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
katydid, keen, kid gloves, killdeer, kiln, kilt, kindle, kingfisher, kirtle, kite, knight, knoll and 16 more...
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