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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•cep•ta•cle /rɪˈsɛptəkəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something:Please dispose of your trash in the receptacles by your tables.
- Electricitya contact device installed at an electrical outlet, and equipped with one or more sockets:a wall receptacle.
See -cep-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•cep•ta•cle (ri sep′tə kəl),USA pronunciation n. - a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something:a receptacle for trash.
- Botanythe modified or expanded portion of the stem or axis that bears the organs of a single flower or the florets of a flower head.
- Electricitya contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of a portable lamp, appliance, or other electric device by means of a plug and flexible cord.
- Latin receptāculum reservoir, equivalent. to receptā(re) to take again, receive back (frequentative of recipere to receive) + -culum -cle2
- Old French)
- Middle English (1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: receptacle /rɪˈsɛptəkəl/ n - an object that holds something; container
- the enlarged or modified tip of the flower stalk that bears the parts of the flower
- the part of lower plants that bears the reproductive organs or spores
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin receptāculum a store-place, from receptāre to receive again, from recipere to receive |