keeper

/หˆkiหpษš/

IPA: /K IY1 P ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    One who keeps something.

    โ€œFinders keepers; losers weepers].โ€

  2. 2

    A person or thing worth keeping.

  3. 3

    A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

  4. 4

    The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.

  5. 5

    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.

  6. 6

    An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

  7. 7

    One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

  8. 8

    A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keeper