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   fixture

   /ˈfɪkstʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle: "plumbing fixtures" Similar fixed applianceattachmentinstallationunitOpposite movable
   • ▪ articles attached to a house or land and considered legally part of it so that they normally remain in place when an owner moves: "the hotel retains many original fixtures and fittings"
   • ▪ a person or thing that is well established in a particular place or situation: informal "the midfielder is set to become a permanent fixture in the England line-up"
   • 2. a sporting event arranged to take place on a particular date: British "the team's last away fixture of the season" Similar matchracegamecompetitioncontestmeetmeetingencountersporting eventclash

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘fixing, becoming fixed’): alteration (first found in Shakespeare) of obsolete fixure (from late Latin fixura, from Latin figere ‘to fix’), with t inserted on the pattern of mixture.

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • F

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   • I

     1

   • X

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   • T

     1

   • U

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   • R

     1

   • E

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