KEEPSAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keepsake mean? 

• KEEPSAKE (noun)
  The noun KEEPSAKE has 1 sense:

1. something of sentimental value

  Familiarity information: KEEPSAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEEPSAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something of sentimental value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

keepsake; relic; souvenir; token

Hypernyms ("keepsake" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keepsake"):

love-token (keepsake given as a token of love)

favor; favour; party favor; party favour (souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party)

 Context examples 

I picked up one, of several that were rolling about, and treasured it as a keepsake for a long time.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I had a single little pearl ornament which Miss Temple gave me as a parting keepsake: I put it on, and then we went downstairs.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

‘You can do what you like,’ says I, ‘but if Fairbairn shows his face here again I’ll send you one of his ears for a keepsake.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pressed for further explanation, they declared she had told them of things they had said and done when they were mere children; described books and ornaments they had in their boudoirs at home: keepsakes that different relations had presented to them.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)