Definition of keepsake
:something kept or given to be kept as a memento
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We were given books as keepsakes of the trip.
saved the tassel from her mortarboard as a keepsake of her high school graduation
Recent Examples of keepsake from the Web
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This vault isn't used to secure money, or gold bars, or valuable keepsakes.
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The 93-year-old arrived Friday in Tokyo, the first stop in a 10,000-mile journey into the remote mountainside to bring the keepsake back to the man’s home village — back to a brother and two sisters who could never say goodbye.
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So when Cozart singled for his first All-Star hit, Votto wanted to retrieve the baseball as a keepsake for him.
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But all of those items were destroyed in the fire, the GoFundMe page said, along with gifts from a baby shower and keepsake books signed by family and friends.
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On average, her staff makes between 80 to 100 ceramic keepsakes a week.
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Seven innings of dominance followed by an eighth-inning disaster left Scherzer in no mood for keepsakes.
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Parents can make a handprint or footprint keepsake of their child.
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Now, all three former Cubs have keepsakes from a memorable season.
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Origin and Etymology of keepsake
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Synonyms
commemorative, memorial, memento, monument, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, tokenRelated Words
memorabilia; relic, vestige; cairn, landmark, marker; testimonial, tribute; cenotaphKEEPSAKE Defined for English Language Learners
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