keeper

IPA: kˈipɝ

One who keeps (retains) something.
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
(informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
(sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
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.
(American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”)
An English surname originating as an occupation for the keeper of a castle.

Examples of "keeper" in Sentences

Another good consistent time keeper is the pulsar.
If you go in our stores, you'll see that the product is in what we call keeper boxes.
The best archivist and memory keeper is the internet, the only place where the news lives without censure.
He's a great pick in keeper leagues, but don't pay top dollar for this year's version of a 2008 Joba Chamberlain.
They also had a cabin keeper that cleaned the ducks and cooked them into wonderful meals only bad part was she was 86.
But first, you tell me by what criteria a shop keeper is supposed to recognize who is and is not an interstate traveler.
Selden says Al Sameri means “keeper,” and that Aaron was so called, because he was the _keeper_ or “guardian of the people.”
With one touch and feint he outfoxed the centreback and took Song's cross under control, then spanked the ball past the keeper from the edge of the area.
A brief glance at my keeper shelf doesn't give me many ideas for recs, being the impossible-to-please gal that I am - but if you haven't already, I'd urge you to read The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe - the rest of the series (so far) wasn't in "keeper" territory for me, but the first installment is nothing short of enchanting.