fixture

[fiks-cher]

noun

1. something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc..

   a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.

2. a person or thing long established in the same place or position.

3. Machinery.

   1. any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.

   2. any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.

4. Law.,  a movable chattel, as a machine or heating plant, that, by reason of annexation to real property and adaptation to continuing use in connection with the realty, is considered a part of the realty.

5. Fox Hunting.,  one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card fixturecard that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.

6. the act of fixing.

7. British.,  an event that takes place regularly.

fixture

/ ˈfɪkstʃə /

noun

1. an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance

2. a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position

3. property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it

4. a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool

5. 1. a sports match or social occasion

   2. the date of such an event

6. rare,  the act of fixing

Other Word Forms

• fixtureless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fixture¹

1590–1600; variant of obsolete fixure (< Late Latin fixūra; fix, -ure ), with -t- from mixture

Word History and Origins

Origin of fixture¹

C17: from Late Latin fixūra a fastening (with -t- by analogy with mixture )

Example Sentences

Everything fits and flows together — spaces, furnishings, lighting fixtures, artworks.

From Los Angeles Times

"We're in a lower space just now with the current form, but we'll come back stronger. We go into our league fixture at the weekend for a big three points," Little told Disney+.

From BBC

And, just this month, the iconic Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl, a coastal fun fixture for over a century, closed its gates for the final time.

From BBC

Turns out the pressure of trying to carry the national team and one of Italy’s biggest clubs through an impossibly crowded fixture crunch had left him running on fumes.

From Los Angeles Times

Beard's sudden passing - which led to Liverpool's WSL fixture at Aston Villa being postponed - will no doubt have impacted many in the squad, who knew and played under him.

From BBC

Related Words

• accessory 
• component 
• device 
• equipment