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- Receptacle - n. - That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
- Receptacle - n. - 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.
- Receptacle - n. - The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
- Receptacle - n. - An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
- Receptacle - n. - A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
- Pool - n. - The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- Clothespress - n. - A receptacle for clothes.
- Safe - n. - A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.
- Polyphore - n. - A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
- Mousetail - n. - A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.
- Tank - n. - A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
- Bath - n. - A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
- Tabernacle - n. - The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
- Drawer - n. - A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
- Air cell - - A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.
- Epiclinal - a. - Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
- Maw - n. - A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
- Ditch - n. - Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
- Bladder - n. - A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.
- Areolated - a. - Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.
- Magazine - n. - A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
- Wall - n. - An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
- Wallet - n. - A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
- Chest - n. - A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
- Foveolate - a. - Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers.
- Periclinium - n. - The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.
- Crop - n. - The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
- Honey-bag - n. - The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.
- Content - n. - That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
- Tray - n. - A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.
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- H5845 עֲטִין - 5845 עֲטִין - עֲטִין - - ʻăṭîyn - at-een' - from an unused root meaning apparently to contain; a receptacle (for milk, i.e. pail; figuratively, breast); breast. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G30 ἀγγεῖον - 30 ἀγγεῖον - ἈΓΓΕῖΟΝ - - angeîon - ang-eye'-on - from (a pail, perhaps as bent; compare the base of ἀγκάλη); a receptacle:--vessel. - Noun Neuter - greek
- G5201 ὑδρία - 5201 ὑδρία - ὙΔΡΊΑ - - hydría - hoo-dree-ah' - from ὕδωρ; a water-jar, i.e. receptacle for family supply:--water-pot. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G5276 ὑπολήνιον - 5276 ὑπολήνιον - ὙΠΟΛΉΝΙΟΝ - - hypolḗnion - hoop-ol-ay'-nee-on - neuter of a presumed compound of ὑπό and ληνός; vessel or receptacle under the press, i.e. lower wine-vat:--winefat. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H4733 מִקְלָט - 4733 מִקְלָט - מִקְלָט - - miqlâṭ - mik-lawt' - from קָלַט in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle); refuge. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5085 נִדְנֶה - 5085 נִדְנֶה - נִדְנֶה - - nidneh - nid-neh' - (Aramaic) from the same as נָדָן; a sheath; figuratively, the body (as the receptacle of the soul); body. - Noun Masculine - arc
- G3953 παροψίς - 3953 παροψίς - ΠΑΡΟΨΊΣ - - paropsís - par-op-sis' - from παρά and the base of ὀψάριον; a side-dish (the receptacle):--platter. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G4673 σορός - 4673 σορός - ΣΟΡΌΣ - - sorós - sor-os' - probably akin to the base of σωρεύω; a funereal receptacle (urn, coffin), i.e. (by analogy) a bier:--bier. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G4711 σπυρίς - 4711 σπυρίς - ΣΠΥΡΊΣ - - spyrís - spoo-rece' - from σπείρω (as woven); a hamper or lunch-receptacle:--basket. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G2336 θήκη - 2336 θήκη - ΘΉΚΗ - - thḗkē - thay'-kay - from τίθημι; a receptacle, i.e. scabbard:--sheath. - Noun Feminine - greek