Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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heirloom | Yes | No | No | No |
inheritance | Yes | No | No | No |
heirloom (noun) | inheritance (noun) |
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something that has been in a family for generations | hereditary succession to a title or an office or property |
(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance | any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors |
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents | |
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner |