fixture

American  

[fiks-cher] / ˈfɪks tʃər /

noun

• fixtures
  plural

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.

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fixture British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• fixtureless
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• fixtures
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of fixture

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

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Explanation

A fixture is something that is stuck or "fixed" somewhere, like the plumbing fixtures in your bathroom or the guy who is a fixture in this favorite diner, always sitting in the third booth from the door. When a house is for sale, it's generally assumed that the fixtures — the kitchen sink, the fireplace, or a ceiling fan — are included with the house. Fixtures tend to be the objects that are fixed, or securely fastened, in place. A regular patron or customer can also be called a fixture, like the fixtures at the local diner who never fail to show up for the early bird special. Fixture, modeled after mixture, comes from the Latin root fixus, "immovable, established, or settled."

Example Sentences

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fixture fixtures

Internet-connected cameras have become a background fixture of daily life: security systems, doorbells, traffic cameras, baby monitors—and potentially any of them are vulnerable to snooping, say cybersecurity experts and hackers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

It does also mean there is a very strange feeling around this fixture and the whole season too.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Should England beat Greece over two games, they will face the winners of Slovakia v Ukraine, with the away fixture played first.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Freddie Jackson, the bestselling singer and fixture of ’80s R&B, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

At the top of each landing there was a gaslight fixture that was no longer being used now that the building was wired for electricity.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Customers—and their children—bond with the cats, who become beloved fixtures in the stores and inspire people to keep coming back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Whilst there is no standard practice for organising international professional friendlies, smaller African teams generally rely on agencies to manage their away fixtures and don't necessarily make any profit from the games.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Classic lantern-style fixtures are suspended from the ceilings, which keep the space warm with exposed wood beams.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney utilised that role at the past two major tournaments but the Saudi Arabia-based pair are also in their thirties and were overlooked for the current batch of Nations League fixtures.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It’s one of those places that looks like a nightclub shoved into a warehouse, with oddly geometric light fixtures and a menu that changes every day.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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