1. Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
   "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad";
   - ingredient
    
2. The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)
   "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings";
   - trimmings, accoutrements, paraphernalia, trappings

1. The act of putting something in working order again
   "The fixing of the old clock took several hours";
   - repair, fix, mend, mending, reparation [archaic]
    
2. Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
   "The carpenter used a fixing to secure the workpiece to the bench";
   - fastener, fastening, holdfast
    
3. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
   "Proper fixing of the specimen is crucial for accurate microscopic analysis";
   - fixation

Type of: accessory, add-on, appurtenance, bolt-on, constraint, food product, foodstuff, improvement, preservation, restraint, supplement

Part of: dish, plastination

Encyclopedia: Fixing