RECEPTACLE
\ɹɪsˈɛptəkə͡l], \ɹɪsˈɛptəkəl], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_p_t_ə_k_əl]\
Definitions of RECEPTACLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a container that is used to put or keep things in
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an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert
By Princeton University
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a container that is used to put or keep things in
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an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
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The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
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The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
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An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
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A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
By Oddity Software
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That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
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The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
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The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
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An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
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A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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