Definitions for receptacle

receptacle re·cep·ta·cle

Spelling: [ri-sep-tuh-kuh l]
IPA: /rɪˈsɛp tə kəl/

Receptacle is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 392 anagrams from letters in receptacle (acceeelprt).

Definitions for receptacle

noun

  1. a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something:
  2. Botany. the modified or expanded portion of the stem or axis that bears the organs of a single flower or the florets of a flower head.
  3. Electricity. a 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.

Origin of receptacle

1375-1425; Middle English (Old French) Latin receptāculum reservoir, equivalent to receptā(re) to take again, receive back (frequentative of recipere to receive) +

Examples for receptacle

The dust is then driven by a fan into a receptacle provided for that purpose.

But now a third kind is required, which I shall call the receptacle or nurse of generation.

We had also a receptacle for beehives, and an ancient sepulchre.

The Constitution is neither a legislative crazy-quilt nor a receptacle of fads.

It assumes that he is a receptacle into which the desired message may be poured.

Arriving at the grave, the casket was let down into the receptacle prepared for it.

Thefacebook was nothing but a platform—a receptacle for the contributions of its users.

We reply, that it is the receptacle, and in a manner the nurse, of all generation.

But in Greek theca (, θήκη) is a place to put something, a receptacle.

This particular hole was selected as the receptacle for the gold.

Word Value for receptacle
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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