Keepsake

Quick meaning: Keepsake is a noun meaning An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

Meaning

An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

More Meanings

1. (historical) Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.

Example Sentences

Clam-shells are fashionable keepsakes. You write your name and the date inside one and your friend writes hers in the other and you exchange.

It seemed to me that if I owned an elephant that was a keepsake, and I thought a good deal of him, I would think twice before I would ride him over that bridge.

My little keepsake—only a brooch—lay on the table at her bedside, with her prayer-book, and the miniature portrait of her father which she takes with her wherever she goes.

He wished you to have it, as a little keepsake he had prepared—it is only a purse, Miss Wilfer—but as he was disappointed in his fancy, I volunteered to come after you with it.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for keepsake

Depending on context, synonyms include relic, souvenir, token.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include souvenir, token, relic, memento, remembrance, recollection.

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