Crossword clues for receptacle
receptacle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Receptacle \Re*cep"ta*cle\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"t[.a]*k'l), n. [F. r['e]ceptacle, L. receptaculum, fr. receptare, v. intens. fr. recipere to receive. See Receive.]
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That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as for examople, a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
O sacred receptacle of my joys!
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(Bot.)
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.
The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French receptacle (14c.) and directly from Latin receptaculum "place to receive and store things," from receptare, frequentative of recipere "to hold, contain" (see receive). As an adjectival form, receptacular (1847) has been used.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A container. 2 (context botany English) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; also torus. 3 # In the ''Asteraceae'', the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached. 4 (context electricity US English) A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug and flexible cord to supply portable equipment or appliances.
WordNet
n. a container that is used to put or keep things in
enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert
Wikipedia
Receptacle may refer to:
- Receptacle (botany), a plant anatomical part
- Cigar lighter receptacle, a type of DC power outlet
- Duplex receptacle, a part of a NEMA connector (a type of mains electricity connection)
- Electric receptacle, a type of AC power outlet
Usage examples of "receptacle".
As he finished this initial and critical check, Manesh plugged the plastic hose from his G suit into a receptacle under the instrument panel.
The doctrine of Swedenborg asserts man to be interiorly an organized form pervading the physical body, an eternal receptacle of life from God.
Stu thought they sounded like boys who had just discovered sex, were comparing notes, and were excited to find that all reports put the receptacle in approximately the same place.
She could choose whether or not to embrace the spermatophore and place it in her seminal receptacle.
Crossing himself, as he viewed the dark mass of rolling waters, in colour as in duality unlike those of any other lake, the traveller shuddered as he remembered that beneath these sluggish waves lay the once proud cities of the plain, whose grave was dug by the thunder of the heavens, or the eruption of subterraneous fire, and whose remains were hid, even by that sea which holds no living fish in its bosom, bears no skiff on its surface, and, as if its own dreadful bed were the only fit receptacle for its sullen waters, sends not, like other lakes, a tribute to the ocean.
A cup-shaped receptacle is provided within the orbit, by layers of fat, and a smooth surface is supplied by a double membrane that lies between the fat and the eyeball.
That is to say, all who have died, except Christ, are still tarrying in the great receptacle of souls under the earth.
It is probably a cultivated variety of the wild Teasel, but differs by having the bristles of its receptacles hooked.
It awakens and enlarges the mind itself by rendering it the receptacle of a thousand unapprehended combinations of thought.
Out of the preceding conversation must have originated the following poem, which was found in the common receptacle of these versified contributions: TARTARUS.
Spanish men can see a naked india or africana woman and look through them as if they were never there or see them merely as receptacles for their lust.
She started for the cargo hatch while Bigfoot shut down, jerked the umbilical out of the fuel receptacle, capped it, and closed and secured the latch.
The empty plate that Chacmool held across his stomach had once served as a receptacle for freshly extracted hearts.
I beseech Thee, by Him Who is the Fountainhead of Thy Revelation and the Dayspring of Thy signs, to make my heart to be a receptacle of Thy love and of remembrance of Thee.
The rest of us, both fraters and the Receptacle, go to our rooms and bathe again.