fixture
Americannoun
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something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc..
a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
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a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
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Machinery.
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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.
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any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
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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.
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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.
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the act of fixing.
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British. an event that takes place regularly.
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an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance
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a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position
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property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it
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a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool
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a sports match or social occasion
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the date of such an event
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rare the act of fixing
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Etymology
Origin of fixture
1590–1600; variant of obsolete fixure (< Late Latin fixūra; see fix, -ure), with -t- from mixture
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."
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Whoopi Goldberg has been a pop-culture fixture for so long that few may remember how and when she first rose to national fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Michigan, or the titanic struggle of Joey Chestnut vs. a hot dog, the distinction of greatest rivalry in sports belongs to a showdown that isn’t such a regular fixture on the calendar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It's a fixture fraught with passion and rivalry - falling 40 years after Diego Maradona almost single-handedly dumped England out in the quarter-final stage in Mexico.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Robb is a longtime fixture at City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
I look at the ceiling light fixture, opaque yellowish glass with the shadows of two or three dead flies caught inside it showing through as if through cloudy jelly.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
He added bespoke Poliform fixtures and finishes as well as indoor LED lighting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
After the first three fixtures, the Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue said it had received 38 heat-related calls at the stadium, with five requiring hospital treatment.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
In a time when acts like Fred Again.. and John Summit are Gen Z fixtures and the underground is bustling with invention, the genre interest was primed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Both fine and applied arts make up the show, which includes objects ranging from paintings and prints to cribs, cabinets, light fixtures and hardware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The inside of the house wasn’t as rough as the outside, but it wasn’t in good shape, either, with faded wallpaper, dry hardwood floors, and ancient light fixtures.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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