Fixture (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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.
    • 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.
  4. 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. 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.
  6. the act of fixing.
  7. an event that takes place regularly.
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
  3. an article attached to land and regarded as part of it
  4. a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool
  5. mainly British
    • a sports match or social occasion
    • the date of such an event
  6. the act of fixing
Fixture (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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