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# keepsake

noun (a keepsake, keepsakes)

«keepsake» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small thing you keep to help you remember a person, place or time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#m1)
2. A gift given so the person will remember the giver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and family life a keepsake can be a photo, a lock of hair, a shell from a holiday, or a ring from a grandparent who has died. It tells the reader the thing is precious for its memories, not its price. Phrases: «as a keepsake», «a treasured keepsake», «keepsake box».

### Examples

- Gran gave me her old brooch as a keepsake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#x1)
- I keep the shell as a keepsake of our beach holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#x2)
- The ticket is a keepsake from my first concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#x3)
- She kept his letters as keepsakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#x4)
- Our class made keepsake boxes for our memories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#x5)
- After Grandpa passed away, each grandchild chose a keepsake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#x6)
- But at parting the little girl took an elder-blossom from her breast and gave it to him as a keepsake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/#x7)

### Note

Countable, one word. Similar: memento, souvenir (a souvenir is often bought on a trip; a keepsake is more personal).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «keepsake» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keepsake/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«keepsake» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/keepsake.html) on Mova free.