· food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"

Synonym(s): ingredient

Hypernym(s): foodstuff, food_product

· the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings"; "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it"

Synonym(s): trimmings

Hypernym(s): accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on

· the act of putting something in working order again

Synonym(s): repair, fix, fixture, mend, mending, reparation

Hypernym(s): improvement

· restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Synonym(s): fastener, fastening, holdfast

Hypernym(s): restraint, constraint

· the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"

Synonym(s): neutering, altering

Hypernym(s): sterilization, sterilisation

· (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

Synonym(s): fixation

Hypernym(s): preservation