Dictionary Entry
keeper
keeper is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
- 2noun
One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
- 3noun
One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
- 4noun
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- 5noun
A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
- 6noun
A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
- 7noun
one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
- 8noun
someone in charge of other people
"am I my brother's keeper?"
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