fixture
[fiks-cher]
- something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
- Machinery.
- 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.
- any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
- 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.
- Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card (fixture card) that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.
- the act of fixing.
- British. an event that takes place regularly.
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Origin of fixture
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Contemporary Examples
The energy economy has always been a fixture of Texas life, and that has not changed.
Carter has also been a fixture on boards and expert panels, in think tanks and at universities.
And in California, where carports are already common, solar canopies have become a fixture.
Since Bridesmaids, McCarthy has been a fixture at the box office, with at least one new starring vehicle every year.
In 1998, he became a regular Tuesday fixture, assisting viewers in relationship issues and offering general life advice.
Historical Examples
The door was no more a part and fixture of that home than she was.
Kent Knowles: QuahaugJoseph C. Lincoln
We then get a more definite idea of the nut, which was in most cases a fixture.
The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and UseHenry Saint-George
Dinner alone was a "fixture;" everything else was at the caprice of each.
Tony ButlerCharles James Lever
To be sure, everybody spoke to him as though he were a fixture in the land.
In Happy ValleyJohn Fox
She regarded herself, as did all the better-class employees, as a fixture.
The Green RustEdgar Wallace
fixture
- an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance
- a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position
- property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it
- a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool
- mainly British
- a sports match or social occasion
- the date of such an event
- rare the act of fixing
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin fixūra a fastening (with -t- by analogy with mixture)
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Word Origin and History for fixture
n.
1590s, "act of fixing," perhaps from fix (v.) on model of mixture. Meaning "anything fixed or securely fastened" is from 1812.
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