Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fixings
2 senses of fixings
Sense 1
ingredient, fixings -- (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad")
=> foodstuff, food product -- (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Sense 2
fixings, trimmings -- (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")
=> accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on -- (a supplementary component that improves capability)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fixing
4 senses of fixing
Sense 1
repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation -- (the act of putting something in working order again)
=> improvement -- (the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property")
Sense 2
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
=> restraint, constraint -- (a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted")
Sense 3
neutering, fixing, altering -- (the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering")
=> sterilization, sterilisation -- (the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce))
Sense 4
fixation, fixing -- ((histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body)
=> preservation -- (a process that saves organic substances from decay)