keepsake
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈkiːpseɪk/
:
recuerdo
- Probably I'll put it away in a keepsake box.
- family keepsakes
- keepsake box
- little keepsake
This is a book that's like a keepsake.
- This is a book that's like a keepsake.
- Now, would I trust it with important keepsakes, memories, things that I really didn't want to lose?
- But there you go, Little keepsake for you.
- She's deceased now and she's, I said, well, it's in mother's box, her, her keepsakes.
- I've kind of since retired this camera too, just an extremely special keepsake.
- Like it's in their drawers and they're thinking either they're forgetting about it or they've put it there for keepsake.
- We're going to start building some stuff out here in the Central East and keeping a good smorgasbord of items and keepsakes.
- It'll kind of be my my keepsake, my plaque that I'm going to leave my mark on this on this spot here.
Examples
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The sword is a keepsake for me to remember my dear late father.
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Some superfans collect show memorabilia in keepsake boxes and post photos of their treasures online.
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A little keepsake for you guys.
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Hey, do you think that anybody would mind if I took that, as a keepsake? -
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Such a sweet album, what a fun keepsake for your little one.
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I picked it up and treasured it as a keepsake for a long time.
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It is a rare person indeed who would return such a valuable keepsake.
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That's a keepsake for you to cherish for all of your days.
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All of us have sentimental keepsakes that we can't bear to part with.
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The necklace she gave me is a cherished keepsake of our friendship.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small object kept to remember a place or event, often bought while traveling
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6.4
Things kept to remind you of famous people or events
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6.0
An object kept to remind you of a person or event
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3.4
A small object kept to remember a person or event
How Sentimental
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Morphology
Etymology
Keepsake comes from two simple parts: keep, which means 'to hold', and sake, which means 'purpose' or 'for the sake of'. So a keepsake is something you keep for the purpose of remembering a person, place, or event.