receptacle English

Meaning receptacle meaning

What does receptacle mean?

Definitions in simple English

receptacle Noun

— A receptacle is a container.

— A receptacle is the part of the flower stalk to which the floral parts are attached..

— A receptacle is an organ that receives and holds a secretion.

— A receptacle is an electrical socket for the connection of a plug (typically by the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment.

receptacle

— noun a container that is used to put or keep things in

— noun an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

— noun enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

Synonyms receptacle synonyms

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receptacle English » English

container

vessel

reservoir

repository

case

outlet

cistern

socket

box

bin

power point

dish

water tank

wall socket

torus

tank

sheath

scabbard

power outlet

jar

holder

electrical outlet

electric outlet

convenience receptacle

ware

vehicle

vat

utensil

urn

tub

stowage

storage tank

sphere

socket rosette

socket outlet

seat

sack

refuge

receiver element

receiver

pouch

pot

point

pod

plug-in

plug seat

plug receptacle

plug base

plug

place

Topics receptacle topics

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Work and occupation Tool

Container

• What words refer to a container?
  container vessel bowl pot receptacle bottle box crate barrel bucket can case suitcase chest chamber pot

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Sargon was too far distant from his receptacle to transfer back.

It was used at its time as a receptacle of food leftovers, but now it's an object of universal admiration for its laconic pattern and unique form.

Have you a vase or other receptacle?

Warm, straight from the receptacle, so to speak?

One time I rid around the city, man, and I searched for a box of 12 dozen blue Trojans, ribbed, with the receptacle end, lubricated with the garden-fresh scent.

You are instructed to place the eggs into the receptacle in the pod.

You were using it as a receptacle for yourself in order to get to me.

Now, John, there's a significant amount of explosive. in the trash receptacle next to you.

Please place blood sample in receptacle provided.

Sceptical? Carl, I am sceptical up the receptacle.

The perfect receptacle for human babies.

Not really. My mother was a cold receptacle, and my father was just a machine.

Okay, Air Force One, you need to open your receptacle door.

Please deposit cigarettes in appropriate receptacle.

Subject must place the red box in the proper receptacle.

Sealed in this receptacle is the essence of my mind.

But it was your task to remain in the receptacle out there.

When Kirk's body died, Sargon was too far distant from his receptacle to transfer back.

His body is, but his consciousness is still in the receptacle, into which it was transferred earlier.

There's an orange trash receptacle on the corner.

Pet chicken! Sperm receptacle!

It should have been housed in a, you know, atmospheric receptacle like this.

You were using it as a receptacle to get to me, to merge with me.

You call this melted cheese receptacle clean?

Now, John, there's a significant amount of explosive in the trash receptacle next to you.

Yes, sir. The perfect receptacle for human babies.

And as for a receptacle for his cremains.?

Langley has invented a computer virus that can plug into any electrical receptacle -- that is, the wall outlet in your apartment -- using existing wiring to spread right through the entire national grid.