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 fixturecard 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

Derived Forms

• ˈfixtureless, adjective

Other Words From

• fixture·less 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

The store was a main fixture of the city's central arcade.

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The sixth series of the UK version of RuPaul's Drag Race made herstory as the first time queens could win a cash prize - a fixture of the US series - of £25,000.

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And this at a point in the campaign when fixture congestion is at its greatest.

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Three of their four games in Europe so far have been at home, where they have convincingly beaten Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund but lost 3-1 to AC Milan in their most recent fixture.

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His last professional match will be Harlequins' Premiership fixture against Bristol Bears at The Stoop on Friday.

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Related Words

• accessory
• component
• device
• equipment