English > receptacle: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A container that is used to put or keep things in. |
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| Narrower | ash-pan | A receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed |
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| ashtray | A receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes |
| beehive, hive | A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees |
| case, compositor's case, typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers |
| cat box | A receptacle for cat excrement |
| catchall | An enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends |
| chamberpot, potty, thunder mug | A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom |
| coin box | The part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coins |
| dustpan | A short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept / swept |
| garbage | A receptacle where waste can be discarded |
| hopper | funnel-shaped receptacle |
| hot-water bottle, hot-water bag | A stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber / rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming / warming a bed or parts of the body |
| in-basket, in-tray | A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material |
| ossuary | Any receptacle for the burial of human bones |
| out-basket, out-tray | A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material |
| plate, collection plate | A shallow receptacle for collection in church |
| pyx, pix | Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept |
| save-all | A receptacle for catching waste products for further use |
| silent butler | A small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid |
| socket | receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted |
| spittoon, cuspidor | A receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) |
| tidy | receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials) |
| tray | An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food |
| trough | A long narrow shallow receptacle |
| Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
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| Spanish | receptáculo, recipiente |
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| Catalan | receptacle |
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