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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIX'TURE, n.
1. Position.
2. Fixedness; firm pressure; as the fixture of the foot.
3. Firmness; stable state.
4. That which is fixed to a building; any appendage or part of the furniture of a house which is fixed to it, as by nails, screws, etc., and which the tenant cannot legally take away, when he removes to another house.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
2: a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" [syn: regular, habitue, fixture]
3: the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness]
4: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: modification of Late Latin fixura, from Latin fixus Date: 1598 1. the act or process of fixing ; the state of being fixed 2. a. something that is fixed or attached (as to a building) as a permanent appendage or as a structural part <a plumbing fixture> b. a device for supporting work during machining c. an item of movable property so incorporated into real property that it may be regarded as legally a part of it 3. a familiar or invariably present element or feature in some particular setting; especially a person long associated with a place or activity 4. a settled date or time especially for a sporting or festive event; also such an event especially as a regularly scheduled affair

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a something fixed or fastened in position. b (usu. predic.) colloq. a person or thing confined to or established in one place (he seems to be a fixture). 2 a a sporting event, esp. a match, race, etc. b the date agreed for this. 3 (in pl.) Law articles attached to a house or land and regarded as legally part of it. Etymology: alt. of obs. fixure f. LL fixura f. L figere fix- fix

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fixture Fix"ture (f[i^]ks"t[-u]r; 135), n. [Cf. Fixure.] 1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away. 2. State of being fixed; fixedness. The firm fixture of thy foot. --Shak. 3. (Law) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. --Wharton (Law Dict.). --Bouvier. Note: This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fixtures) 1. Fixtures are pieces of furniture or equipment, for example baths and sinks, which are fixed inside a house or other building and which stay there if you move. ...a detailed list of what fixtures and fittings are included in the purchase price. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. A fixture is a sports event which takes place on a particular date. (BRIT) City won this fixture 3-0 last season. N-COUNT 3. If you describe someone or something as a fixture in a particular place or occasion, you mean that they always seem to be there. She was a fixture in New York's nightclubs... The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens. N-COUNT: usu N in n

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