Receptacle Definition

rĭ-sĕptə-kəl
receptacles
noun
Anything used to contain or hold something else; container; vessel.
Webster's New World
An electrical wall outlet designed for use with a plug.
Webster's New World
The enlarged upper end of the stalk of a flowering plant, on which the flower parts grow.
Webster's New World
A fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug.
American Heritage
Any of a number of cuplike or disklike structures supporting spores, sex organs, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Receptacle

Noun

Singular:
receptacle
Plural:
receptacles

Origin of Receptacle

  • From Latin receptāculum (“reservoir, receptacle"), from receptō (“I receive back or again, recover"), frequentative of recipiō (“I receive; hold back, reserve"), from re- (“back, again") + capiō (“I hold").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin receptāculum from receptāre to receive again frequentative of recipere to receive receive

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Receptacle Sentence Examples

  • The disks fall down the tube G to a receptacle on the floor.

  • Place in a receptacle used only for this purpose.

  • C, invaginated head of Cysticercus cellulosae, showing the bent neck and receptacle r; X 30.

  • By about the age of one, an infant can drop an object into a receptacle, compare objects held in both hands, stack objects, and nest them within each other.

  • If you removed a trash bag from a trash can, dispose of it in an outside receptacle as soon as you can.

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