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fixings

fixings

8 3.7
Extra foods and side items served with a main dish, like salad or sauce
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪk.sɪŋz/
  • US
: acompañamientos
  • For the barbecue, we prepared all the fixings, including buns, condiments, and toppings.

Examples

  • The chef laid out all the fixings for the taco bar, such as salsa, guacamole, and cheese.

  • At the picnic, the sandwich platter came with all the fixings, from lettuce to various spreads.

  • And we used it to send our team ginger bride houses and all the fixings so that we could decorate it together.

  • We got like marinara, all the fixings for dogs and and burgers.

Synonyms

trimmings
vsfixings
11 3.6

Extra items that come with something, like sauce for food or party decorations

focuses on extra ingredients served with a main dish rather than event adornments
accompaniment
vsfixings
3 3.7

Something that goes with another thing to make it better

is limited to extra items served alongside a main dish

How Abundant

spread
23 2.5
fixings
  • US
8 3.7

Surface Forms

fixing singular
fixings plural

Morphology

fixings = fixing (semi-transparent) = fix + ing + s

The plural formation is transparent, but the food-accompaniment sense of 'fixing' comes from 'fix' meaning 'to prepare', which may be unexpected to learners who know only 'fix'='repair'.

Etymology

The word fixings comes from the word fix, which long ago also meant 'to prepare', as in 'fix dinner'. So the 'fixings' are the extra things used to make or finish a meal, like sauces, sides and toppings.