FITMENT

fitment

(noun) any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture); “she liked the kitchen fitments”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fitment (plural fitments)

(archaic) Something that suits or fits.

A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.

An item of permanent furniture or equipment.

The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.

(India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.

The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.

"By God the basin is a good one, and worth a real of eight if it is worth a maravedis," and handed it to his master, who immediately put it on his head, turning it round, now this way, now that, in search of fitment, and not finding it he said, "Clearly the pagan to whose measure this famous head-piece was first forged must have had a very large head; but the worst of it is half of it is wanting."

Source: Wiktionary


Fit"ment, n.

Definition: The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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