Fixture

Definitions

1. 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; compare fitting, furnishing.
2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
4. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
5. A scheduled match.
   British, Commonwealth, Ireland
6. A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.

Equivalents

Examples

“The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.”

“I had to tell⟳ her all about my illness, and in return⟳ I had to endure a very long and circumstantial account of her rheumatism and her asthmatical ailments, which fortunately was interrupted by the noisy arrival of the children from the kitchen, where they had paid a visit⟳ to old Stine, a fixture in the house.”

“Jones and Palin became fixtures on the booming TV satire scene, writing for, among other BBC shows, The Frost Report⟳ (1966-67) and The Kathy Kirby Show⟳ (1964), as well as the ITV comedy sketch⟳ series Do Not Adjust Your Set⟳ (1967-69).”

“[…] the guest list, which hovers around 200, may include⟳ Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Oprah (a fixture at any self-respecting million-dollar wedding), Donald Trump Jr and the country singer Jewel.”

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