fixture

[ fiks-cher ]
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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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. the act of fixing.

  5. British. an event that takes place regularly.

Origin of fixture

1
1590–1600; variant of obsolete fixure (<Late Latin fixūra;see fix, -ure), with -t- from mixture

Other words from fixture

  • fix·ture·less, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for fixture

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

  1. property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it

  2. a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool

  3. mainly British

    • a sports match or social occasion

    • the date of such an event

  4. rare the act of fixing

Origin of fixture

1
C17: from Late Latin fixūra a fastening (with -t- by analogy with mixture)

Derived forms of fixture

  • fixtureless, adjective

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