Associations to the word «Fixture»

Wiktionary

FIXTURE, noun. (legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it.
FIXTURE, noun. A regular patron of a place or institution.
FIXTURE, noun. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
FIXTURE, noun. (sports) A scheduled match.
FIXTURE, noun. (computing) (programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
FIXTURE, noun. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
FIXTURE, verb. To furnish with, as, or in a fixture
FIXTURE, verb. (sports) (Australia) (New Zealand) To schedule a match

Dictionary definition

FIXTURE, noun. An object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household).
FIXTURE, noun. A regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture".
FIXTURE, noun. The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment.
FIXTURE, noun. The act of putting something in working order again.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats