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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fixings
noun
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▪ At its worst, beach huts at Southwold and Felixstowe were swept away from their fixings when sea defences were breached.
▪ It also has a good zip baffle with Velcro fixings on its side.
▪ Scores of meticulously labelled tins containing sub-assembly fixings were stacked at the rear of the workshop.
▪ The steel bracket comes complete with all fixings and is available in black or white.
▪ The tracks are usually fixed to the wall with special types of fixings.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fixings

"apparatus," 1820, American English, from fixing "act of putting in order" (c.1600), verbal noun from fix (v.). American English sense of "food, garnishing" is attested from 1839.

Wiktionary
fixings

n. 1 All the components and accessory that normally accompany a project or event, particularly a social event. 2 side dish. 3 (plural of fixing English)Category:English plurals

WordNet
fixings

  1. n. food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" [syn: ingredient]

  2. the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings"; "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it" [syn: trimmings]

Usage examples of "fixings".

The fixings around the house were such as Ma contrived, or Pa when he was not too tired from work.