receptacle
Other forms: receptacles
A receptacle is a container that's used for holding or storing things. If you are having a party on a rainy day, you can put a receptacle outside your door for your guests' umbrellas.
The noun receptacle means any kind of container. For example, a trash receptacle holds your garbage and a receptacle for loose change can keep you from scattering coins all over your house. In botany, receptacle refers to the part of a stem that holds a plant's organs. The word receptacle comes from the Latin root word receptaculum, which describes a place to receive and store things.
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a container that is used to put or keep things intypes:ash-pana receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removedashtraya receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettescase, compositor's case, typesetter's case(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numberscat boxa receptacle for cat excrementcatchallan enclosure or receptacle for odds and endscoin boxthe part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coinsdustpana short-handled receptacle into which dust can be sweptgarbagea receptacle where waste can be discardedhopperfunnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle belowhot-water bag, hot-water bottlea stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the bodyossuaryany receptacle for the burial of human bonessave-alla receptacle for catching waste products for further usesilent butlera small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid; used for collecting crumbs or ashessocketreceptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is insertedtidyreceptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)trayan open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or foodtrougha long narrow shallow receptaclecafeteria traya tray for carrying your food in a cafeteriaicetraya tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigeratorinkstanda tray or stand for writing implements and containers for inkcradle, rockera trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the goldsalvera tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silverskepa domed beehive made of twisted strawtea traya tray that accommodates a tea servicetype of:containerany object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral partstypes:gynobasethe enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is bornetype of:
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an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an inserttypes:outlet box(electricity) receptacle consisting of the metal box designed for connections to a wiring systemexpansion slot, slot(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit boardsocketa receptacle into which an electric device can be insertedelectric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, outlet, wall plug, wall socketreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical deviceselectric socketa socket into which a lightbulb can be insertedtype of:fittinga small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
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Vocabulary lists containing receptacle
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Percy Jackson's normal life is turned upside down when gods from Greek mythology accuse him of stealing a supernatural weapon. Percy must find the real thief — and figure out his connection to the gods.
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