keeping
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
keeping/ˈkiːpɪŋ/
▶noun the action or fact of keeping something.
– phrases
in someone's keeping in someone's care or custody.
in (or out of) keeping with in (or out of) harmony or conformity with.
in someone's keeping in someone's care or custody.
in (or out of) keeping with in (or out of) harmony or conformity with.
'keeping' also found in these Oxford entries:
accounting
- apiculture
- automatic pilot
- aviary
- away
- basal metabolic rate
- beauty sleep
- bee-keeping
- bookkeeping
- bookwork
- carry
- cellaret
- chafing dish
- chiller
- closet
- cold storage
- commit
- compatible
- concubinage
- containment
- cool
- cooler
- count
- counter
- country
- cross-country
- decorous
- decorum
- deposit
- documentalist
- falconry
- file
- fire-watcher
- fishbowl
- focus puller
- gag
- gimbal
- hairslide
- Herrnhuter
- hold
- housekeeping
- humidor
- hutch
- icebox
- incommensurate
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- indecorous
- keepnet
