receptacle

The definition of a receptacle is a container or space used for a specific purpose.

(noun)

A can used to put trash in is an example of a trash receptacle.

See receptacle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

anything used to contain or hold something else; container; vessel
an electrical wall outlet designed for use with a plug
Origin: ModL receptaculum
Bot.
1. the enlarged upper end of the stalk of a flowering plant, on which the flower parts grow
2. any of a number of cuplike or disklike structures supporting spores, sex organs, etc.

Origin: ME < L receptaculum < receptare, freq. of recipere: see receive

See receptacle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A container that holds items or matter.
Botany The expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral organs or the group of flowers in a head.
Electronics A fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin receptāculum

Origin: , from receptāre, to receive again

Origin: , frequentative of recipere, to receive; see receive

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