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fitment

fitment

7.7
A piece of furniture or equipment fixed in a room, like built-in shelves
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪtmənt/
  • UK
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  • Paignton was the worst, but there had been other times, of course: some Christmases the cap was never back on the peg; birthdays, his and mine, would see him strolling about the house, cap on straight, inspecting fitments and furniture as though they were bunks and kit.

Examples

  • We need to check the fitment of the shelves in the living room before painting the walls.

  • The kitchen's new fitment includes built-in cabinets and a sleek countertop.

  • It's like the part fitment is just fundamentally different.

  • So it looks like the leak is actually in the fitment between the top cover and the bottom plate.

  • It's safe to assume that many of you die-hard fitment fans are thinking "Oh, it's a slow old Subaru with massive wheel gap" right about now.

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  • Take an intern for one month: learn more about their capabilities and fitment into your organization, expose your workplace and colleagues, and take a step in the right direction—that of an inclusive workplace.

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  • The office renovation featured a custom fitment that utilized every inch of available space.

Synonyms

piece of furniture
vsfitment
16 1.1

A single item in a room like a chair or table

is often built in or fixed in place rather than movable
fitting
vsfitment
  • UK
7 3.5

Things fixed in a room like cupboards and lights

is a single installed item fixed in place rather than a general group

How Fixed

fixture
47 3.6
fitment
  • UK
7.7
fitting
  • Specialized
10 4.6

Surface Forms

fitment singular
fitments plural

Morphology

fitment = fit (semi-transparent) = fit + ment

Formed from the verb 'fit' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ment'; the relation to a fitted object is clear but learners may be unsure whether it denotes the action/result or the physical fixture.

Etymology

Fitment comes from the simple word fit, which means 'to be the right size or shape', plus the noun ending -ment. So a fitment is a piece of furniture or equipment made to 'fit' in a room, like built-in shelves or cupboards.