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Definition of Fixings
1. Noun. Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking. "The recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"
Group relationships: Dish
Generic synonyms: Food Product, Foodstuff
Specialized synonyms: Flavorer, Flavoring, Flavourer, Flavouring, Seasoner, Seasoning, Tomato Paste, Albumen, Egg White, Ovalbumin, White, Egg Yolk, Yolk, Malted Milk
2. Noun. The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity). "He bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it"
Generic synonyms: Accessory, Add-on, Appurtenance, Supplement
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Fixings
1. Noun. All the components and accessories that normally accompany a project or event, particularly a social event. ¹
2. Noun. Side dishes. ¹
3. Noun. (plural of fixing) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fixings
1. accompaniments to the main dish of a meal [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fixings
Literary usage of Fixings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Domestic Sanitary Engineering and Plumbing by Frank W. Raynes (1920)
"Where cheap fixings are necessary either malleable or tinned iron clips can be used.
Lead clips are not suitable for supporting the weight of a pipe, ..."
2. Steamships and Their Machinery from First to Last by John Wilton Cuninghame Haldane (1893)
"... and their Bolt fixings—Proportions of Joints and Flanges — Steam Pipe Explosions —
Subsequent Experiments — Results of Overheating — Curious ..."
3. Engineering Estimates, Costs and Accounts by Alfred John Liversedge (1896)
"MILLWRIGHT WORK—MILL fixings, PEDESTALS, ETC. WE shall now deal with the cost of
manufacturing and with the usual selling prices of general millwright work. ..."
4. The Cold Grapery, from Direct American Practice: Being a Concise and by William Chorlton (1853)
"... Single Pitch—Ridge and Furrow—General Remarks on Position or Style—Inclination
of Roof—Foundation—Ventilation— Interior fixings—Situation. ..."
5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1852 Those horned fixings, you shall see, I bought to break prairie. ...
1856 Pretty girl there in the black fixings, and white arrangements, ..."
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