keeper
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Synonyms: peeper, keener, kemper, weeper, keeler, leeper, keeker, keepe, 'keeper, seeper, beeper
Antonyms: peeper, keener, kemper, weeper, keeler, leeper, keeker, keepe, 'keeper, seeper, beeper
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- One who [[keep]]s (retains) something.
- One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- A [[fruit]] or [[vegetable]] that keeps (remains good) for some time without [[spoil]]ing.
- {{lb|en|informal}} A [[person]] or [[thing]] worth [[keep]]ing.
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a [[custodian]], a [[guard]]; sometimes a [[gamekeeper]].
- {{lb|en|sports}} The player charged with guarding a [[goal]] or [[wicket]]; a [[goalkeeper]] or [[wicketkeeper]].
- At {{w|Eton College}}, a [[student]] who is the [[captain]] of a [[sport]] or an [[activity]] such as drama.
- A part of a [[mechanism]] that [[catches]] or [[retains]] another [[part]], for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
- A thin, flexible [[tress]] or [[tongue]] of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the [[horse]]'s skin from being marked as it might be by a [[whip]].
- {{lb|en|American football}} An offensive [[play]] in which the [[quarterback]] runs toward the goal with the ball after it is [[snap]]ped.
- {{syn of|en|armature||piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit}}.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en|English|from=occupations}} for the [[keeper]] of a [[castle]].
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