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

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

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