Fixture Definition

fĭkschər
fixtures
noun
fixtures
Anything firmly in place.
Webster's New World
Something attached as a permanent appendage, apparatus, or appliance.
Plumbing fixtures.
American Heritage
Any of the fittings or furniture of a house, store, etc. attached to the building and, ordinarily, considered legally a part of it.
Bathroom fixtures.
Webster's New World
Any person or thing that has remained in a situation or place so long as to seem fixed there.
Webster's New World
A well-established, regularly occurring sports or social event.
Webster's New World
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verb
To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
Wiktionary

(sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule a match.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Fixture

Noun

Singular:
fixture
Plural:
fixtures

Origin of Fixture

  • Variant of obsolete fixure from Late Latin fīxūra from Latin fīxus fixed fix

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture

    From Wiktionary

Fixture Sentence Examples

  • In the stable a horse should always be provided with rock salt, and water to drink at will by means of some such stall fixture as the Mundt hygienic water-supply fittings.

  • In this house the principal part of the roof is a fixture, ventilation being provided for by small lifting sashes against the back wall, and by the upright front sashes being hung on a pivot so as to swing outwards on the lower side.

  • The fixture should be hidden to produce the best effect.

  • I have unfastened the silken cord from the drapes and knotted it to the gas fixture above.

  • The annoying drone emitting from that overhead light is a sure sign that the fixture needs to be replaced.

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Words Starting With

FFIFIX

Words Ending With

EREURE

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Words Starting With F and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With E