First Known Use: 1790
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keepsake
noun keep·sake \ˈkēp-ˌsāk\
: something that you keep to help you remember a person, place, or event : a memento or souvenir
Full Definition of KEEPSAKE
: something kept or given to be kept as a memento
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Origin of KEEPSAKE
1keep + -sake (as in namesake)
Related to KEEPSAKE
- Synonyms
- commemorative, memorial, memento, monument, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, token
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
KEEPSAKE Defined for Kids
keepsake
noun keep·sake \ˈkēp-ˌsāk\
Definition of KEEPSAKE for Kids
: something kept or given to be kept in memory of a person, place, or happening
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