FIXINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fixings mean? 

• FIXINGS (noun)
  The noun FIXINGS has 2 senses:

1. food that is a component of a mixture in cooking

2. the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)

  Familiarity information: FIXINGS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIXINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

fixings; ingredient

Context example:

the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad

Hypernyms ("fixings" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fixings"):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

tomato paste (thick concentrated tomato puree)

albumen; egg white; ovalbumin; white (the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water)

egg yolk; yolk (the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen)

malted milk (powder made of dried milk and malted cereals)

Holonyms ("fixings" is a part of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fixings; trimmings

Context example:

he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it

Hypernyms ("fixings" is a kind of...):

accessory; add-on; appurtenance; supplement (a supplementary component that improves capability)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)