Definitions for fixatives

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fixatives fix·a·tive

Spelling: [fik-suh-tiv]

IPA: /ˈfɪk sə tɪv/

Fixatives is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in fixatives (aefiistvx).

Definitions for fixatives

noun

1. a fixative substance, as a gummy liquid sprayed on a drawing to prevent blurring, or a solution for killing, hardening, and preserving material for microscopic study.
2. Also called fixer. Photography. a chemical substance, as sodium thiosulfate, used to promote fixation.
3. a substance that retards evaporation, as in the manufacture of perfume.

adjective

1. serving to fix; making fixed or permanent.

Origin of fixatives

First recorded in 1635-45; fix + -ative

Examples for fixatives

Baldwin brought a bottle of fixative and sprayed the drawing through a blowpipe.

I sent a shower of spray from the fixative over the canvas, and said: "Well, go on."

Bandoline, a fixative for keeping hair in curl is commonly prepared from carrageen.

Scotty wiped both with fixative and put them on the floor to dry.

I sent a shower of spray from the fixative over the canvas, and said: “Well, go on.”

Setting, fixing a charcoal or chalk drawing on the paper by means of a spray of fixative.

Heat your fixative as you would sealing wax, over a candle, also heat the arrow and the metal head.

Of these, Lang's corrosive sublimate solution is decidedly the best all-round "fixative."