fixings
pronunciation
How to pronounce fixings in British English:
UK [ˈfɪksɪŋz]
How to pronounce fixings in American English:
US [ˈfɪksɪŋz]
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- Noun:
- food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
- the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)
Word Origin
- fixings (n.)
- "apparatus," 1820, American English, from fixing "act of putting in order" (c. 1600), verbal noun from fix (v.). American English sense of "food, garnishing" is attested from 1839.
Example
- 1. Real steak withall the fixings ?
- 2. Bush holds a platter of turkey and fixings as he visits with troops .
- 3. Investors may also make reference to the exchange fund notes fixings for the current list of benchmark issues .
- 4. But the interbank lending rates became a crucial benchmark for derivatives in the late 1990s , transforming the importance of the daily fixings .
- 5. President obama and his family handed out thanksgiving fixings today at a washington , d.c. , food bank .