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)

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