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US
/ˈfɪksɪŋz/
]
[ UK /fˈɪksɪŋz/ ]
[ UK /fˈɪksɪŋz/ ]
NOUN
-
the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)
he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it
an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings -
food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad
How To Use fixings In A Sentence
- ‘With a sled, I can also carry firewood or all the fixings for a picnic,’ Cheryl says.
- We had turkey with all the fixings.
- He bought a foot-long hot dog and had it covered with all the fixings. WEB OF DREAMS
- Although at first sight it is a single panel and it is fixed onto a later wooden backing which had a hook at the top, it also has the traces of fixings on the left side.
- Supply and fix all necessary associated flashings, galvanised gutters, fillers, ventilated fillers, closers and fixings to form a totally weathertight construction on completion.
- He landed hard and suddenly the platform cracked from its fixings.
- Two or four holes in the base, again outside the sealed area, enable the base to be fixed to a surface with no visible fixings once the lid is fixed to the body.
- What a boon it would be for week-ends, when one starts off with a Spartan resolution to take only one extra gown, and ends up with slipping two party dresses and the 'fixings' into one's trunk. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar
- The parents provide all the fixings for the children to make root beer floats.
- It specialises in making bolts and fixings for power stations and the oil industry, but not many of those are being built in Europe these days.
