fixture
pronunciation
How to pronounce fixture in British English:
UK [ˈfɪkstʃə(r)]
How to pronounce fixture in American English:
US [ˈfɪkstʃər]
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- Noun:
- a object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
- a regular patron
- the quality of being fixed in place
- the act of putting something in working order again
Word Origin
- fixture (n.)
- 1590s, "act of fixing," perhaps from fix (v.) on model of mixture, or from an assumed Latin *fixitatem. Meaning "anything fixed or securely fastened" is from 1812, an alteration of fixure (c. 1600).
Synonym
Example
- 1. The fixture can readily be adapted for the floor or desk with different attachments .
- 2. He has also found that cfls last longer when used upright in a lamp-stand , rather than dangling from a ceiling fixture .
- 3. You can either use a single map fixture or a series of units depending on both aesthetics and lighting needs .
- 4. Once the phone itself was discovered she had hidden it in a ceiling-light fixture and confiscated , but she had somehow got access to another phone .
- 5. Liix , a german company , has a solution : a portable cage with a quick-release fixture that attach to handlebars or a back rack like an ordinary basket .