Fixture

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1. Noun

That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.

2. Noun

State of being fixed; fixedness.

3. Noun

Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others.

4. Noun

the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

5. Noun

an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
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