heirloom

as in gift
something that is or may be inherited Her watch is a family heirloom.

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Recent Examples of heirloom Dine at James Beard Award–nominated The Grocery for elevated Southern cuisine and heirloom ingredients with Chef Kevin James. Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Working with indigenous communities, these intrepid entrepreneurs locate and harvest the heirloom pods, teach critical drying and fermentation techniques, and make connections with international markets. Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 Loading your cherished heirloom dishes onto the bottom rack can damage them. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025 If this sounds like the journey of food production in the late 20th century—away from conventional agriculture and toward sustainable and regenerative farms growing heirloom vegetables and heritage breeds—the parallels are close. Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heirloom

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“Heirloom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heirloom. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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