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fixtures

[fiks-cher] Origin

fix·ture

[fiks-cher]
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.
3.
Machinery.
a.
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.
b.
any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
4.
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.
5.
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.
EXPAND
6.
the act of fixing.
7.
British. an event that takes place regularly.
COLLAPSE

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

fix·ture·less, adjective
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Fixtures is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

fixture
1590s, act of fixing, perhaps from fix on model of mixture. Meaning "anything fixed or securely fastened" is from 1812.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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