receptacle
/rɪˈsɛptəkəl/
noun
- A container or object used to hold or store something.
- Please put all recyclable bottles in the blue receptacle near the kitchen door.
- The artist used an old wooden box as a receptacle for her paintbrushes.
- A small plastic receptacle held the change from the vending machine.
- The part of a flower that holds the petals, sepals, and reproductive organs.
- In a daisy, the tiny flowers grow on a flat receptacle at the center.
- Botanists examined the receptacle to understand how the flower's parts were arranged.
- The receptacle of a strawberry swells and becomes the red part we eat.
- An electrical outlet or socket into which a plug is inserted.
- Make sure the receptacle is rated for the voltage of your appliance.
- He plugged the lamp into the wall receptacle behind the sofa.
- The old receptacle was loose, so the cord kept falling out.