Meaning

2 senses

  1. (plural, plural only)The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).

    all the fixings for a salad

    Julia's got all the fixings for a great party!

  2. (plural, plural only)Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.

    I'll have all of the fixings on Thanksgiving!

    a sandwich with all the fixings

More definitions
  • the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)
  • food that is a component of a mixture in cooking

Examples

1 sentences

  1. There will be duck and various fixings; we'll be eating like kings.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: fixingses
Singularfixings
Pluralfixingses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity):trimmings
  • food that is a component of a mixture in cooking:ingredient

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsupplies

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fixablefixatefixationfixerfixtureC1fizz

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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