keepsake

[keep-seyk]

noun

1. anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance.

   Synonyms: token, memento, souvenir

keepsake

/ ˈkiːpˌseɪk /

noun

1. a gift that evokes memories of a person or event with which it is associated

Word History and Origins

Origin of keepsake¹

1780–90; keep (v.) + sake ¹

Example Sentences

She had treasured the pan through the years as “a keepsake of our love.”

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It was her only keepsake of them and weighed little, and she would not leave it behind.

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On May 11, they would finally be allowed to return to what was left of their homes and salvage important documents and keepsakes.

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Since then it has been moored at Glasgow's King George V dock where it was stripped for spares and keepsakes.

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The beauty of the film is that it is from the perspective of a family, two parents and two children, gingerly wading through the past and picking up keepsakes to bring.

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Related Words

• memento 
• relic 
• souvenir 
• trophy