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1. receptacle
noun. ['rəˈsɛptəkəl'] a container that is used to put or keep things in.
Synonyms
- dustpan
- thunder mug
- potty
- pix
- ossuary
- plate
- hot-water bottle
- compositor's case
- container
- pyx
- catchall
- beehive
- collection plate
- out-tray
- ashtray
- tidy
- case
- hot-water bag
- garbage
- in-basket
- cat box
- tray
- ash-pan
- chamberpot
- spittoon
- typesetter's case
- hive
- hopper
- save-all
- in-tray
- out-basket
- trough
- socket
- cuspidor
- coin box
Etymology
- receptaculum (Latin)
- recepto (Latin)
Rhymes with Receptacle
- skeptical
Sentences with receptacle
1. Noun, singular or mass
Throw away the bag in a receptacle that is outside.
Quotes about receptacle
1. The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
- Pablo Picasso
2. Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the Universe together into one garment for us.
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
2. receptacle
noun. ['rəˈsɛptəkəl'] enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts.
Synonyms
Etymology
- receptaculum (Latin)
- recepto (Latin)