Definition of Receptacle

1. Noun. A container that is used to put or keep things in.


2. Noun. Enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts.
Specialized synonyms: Gynobase
Generic synonyms: Plant Part, Plant Structure
Group relationships: Stalk, Stem

3. Noun. An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert.

Definition of Receptacle

1. n. That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

Definition of Receptacle

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Receptacle

1. The main stem of a flower (torus), in ferns, a main stem on which sporangia arise. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Receptacle

recenter
recentest
recently
recentness
recentnesses
recentre
recentred
recentres
recentrifuge
recentrifuged
recentrifuges
recentrifuging
Recent epoch
recept
receptacle (current term)
receptacle (current term)
receptacles
receptacular
receptaculum
receptaculum chyli
receptaculum ganglii petrosi
receptaculum pecqueti
reception
reception
receptionist
receptionists
receptions
reception desk
reception line
reception room

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