fixture

Speech parts

1. fixture - Noun

2. fixture - Verb

Meaning

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.

State of being fixed; fixedness.

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.

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You can be a permanent fixture in my lyrical mixture. Eminem

Ed Bradley was a CBS and White House correspondent before becoming a Sunday night fixture on 60 Minutes. Ed Bradley

Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest budget can go a long way toward invading a country's cyberspace. Evgeny Morozov

The dead spacecraft in orbit have become a permanent fixture around our planet, not unlike the rings of Saturn. They will be the longest-lasting artifacts of human civilization, quietly circling Earth until the Sun turns into a Red Giant, about five billion years from now. Trevor Paglen

Become a fixer, not just a fixture. Anthony J. D'Angelo

an habitue of the racetrack Source: Internet

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