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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Example Sentences
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The first match day pop-up experience will be at Park Avenue football stadium at the club's opening home fixture on 8 August.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Zidane's first competitive fixture in charge will be a Nations League trip to Turkey on 25 September.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Once a fringe fixture of comic-book stores and hobby emporiums, a trading-card game has become a powerhouse in the toy industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
A photographer and fixture in the L.A. punk scene by 14, the fact that she didn’t play an instrument was a minor hurdle when she joined L7 in 1986.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
But after a few months he was accepted as a permanent fixture, and the girls and boys went out of their way to speak to him and bring him refreshments.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
The 2026-27 Prem final will be held on Saturday, 19 June 2027 at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, with the season to take a series of breaks around international fixtures.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
One of the few fixtures was center Bradley Bozeman, who Pro Football Focus rated 40th out of 40 players who qualified at that position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Pressure was on England for their summer Nations Championship fixtures after the Rugby Football Union backed head coach Steve Borthwick in May, following the country's worst Six Nations performance since the tournament's expansion in 2000.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
They are building bathrooms with high-end grab bars that match the finishes of the other fixtures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
They aren’t, but fixtures in the ceiling spray tinted vapor.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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