keepsake

keep·sake

noun \ˈkēp-ˌsāk\

Definition of KEEPSAKE

: something kept or given to be kept as a memento

Examples of KEEPSAKE

1. We were given books as keepsakes of the trip.
2. <saved the tassel from her mortarboard as a keepsake of her high school graduation>

Origin of KEEPSAKE

¹keep + -sake (as in namesake)

First Known Use: 1790

Related to KEEPSAKE

Synonyms: commemorative, memorial, memento, monument, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, token

Related Words: memorabilia; relic, vestige; cairn, landmark, marker; testimonial, tribute; cenotaph

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Rhymes with KEEPSAKE

air brake, awake, backache, beefcake, beefsteak, betake, blacksnake, bull snake, canebrake, caretake, cheesecake, cheesesteak, clambake, club steak, corncrake, cube steak, cupcake, daybreak, disc brake, drum brake, earache, earthquake, fair shake, fast break, firebreak, firedrake, fish cake, flank steak, forsake, friedcake, fruitcake, green snake, grubstake, hand brake, handshake, headache, heartache, heartbreak, hoecake, hotcake, housebreak, intake, jailbreak, king snake, lapstrake, mandrake, milk snake, mistake, moonquake, muckrake, namesake, newsbreak, oatcake, oil cake, opaque, outbreak, outtake, Pan-Cake, pancake, partake, pound cake, pump fake, rat snake, remake, retake, rewake, rock brake, seaquake, sea snake, seedcake, sheldrake, shortcake, snowflake, sponge cake, Swiss steak, tea cake, toothache, unmake, uptake, wheat cake, windbreak, wind shake, youthquake