| Main Entry: | fixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fitting, appliance |
Synonyms: |
accessory, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, component, device, equipment |
| Notes: | a piece of furniture that cannot be moved is a fixture; a piece of furniture that can be moved is a fitment |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | furnishing(s) |
Synonyms: |
accoutrement, appurtenance, equipage, fitting, fixture, gear, outfit, paraphernalia, trappings |
| Main Entry: | attachment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something joined, fastened to another |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accoutrement, adapter, addition, adjunct, annex, appendage, appurtenance, auxiliary, extension, extra, fitting, fixture, part, supplement |
| Main Entry: | equipment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, gear for activity |
Synonyms: |
accessories, accompaniments, accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appurtenances, articles, attachments, baggage, belongings, contraptions, contrivances, devices, equipage, facilities, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gadgets, habiliments, impedimenta, kit and kaboodle, machinery, material, materiel, miscellaneous, outfit, paraphernalia, provisioning, provisions, rig, setup, shebang, stock, store, stuff, tackle, things, tools, trappings, traps, utensils |
| Main Entry: | furnishings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appliances, furniture |
Synonyms: |
accessories, accouterments, appointments, décor, equipment, fittings, fixtures, gear, provisions, trappings |
| Main Entry: | gimmick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrived object; scheme |
Synonyms: |
aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget, wile |
| Main Entry: | hardware |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tools; fittings, especially made of metal |
Synonyms: |
accouterments, appliances, fasteners, fixtures, household furnishings, housewares, implements, ironware, kitchenware, metalware, plumbing, utensils |
| Main Entry: | institute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law; custom |
Synonyms: |
convention, decree, decretum, doctrine, dogma, edict, establishment, fixture, habit, maxim, ordinance, practice, precedent, precept, prescript, principle, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, statute, tenet, tradition |
| Main Entry: | institute/institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, usually educational |
Synonyms: |
academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, think tank, university |
| Main Entry: | lock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that fastens and bars free passage |
Synonyms: |
bar, bolt, bond, catch, clamp, clasp, clinch, connection, fastening, fixture, grapple, grip, hasp, hook, junction, latch, link, padlock |
Antonyms: |
key |