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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.
- Ditch - n. - Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
- Box - n. - A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
- Nest - n. - The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
- Epiclinal - a. - Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
- Palea - n. - One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
- Pome - n. - A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.
- Sporangiophore - n. - The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.
- Sack - n. - A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.
- 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.
- Foveolate - a. - Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Thalamus - n. - The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
- Honey-bag - n. - The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.
- Tabernacle - n. - The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
- Bath - n. - A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
- Periclinium - n. - The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.
- Areolated - a. - Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.
- 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.
- Clothespress - n. - A receptacle for clothes.
- Drawer - n. - A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
- Polyphore - n. - A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
- Clinanthium - n. - The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.
- 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.
- Wastebasket - n. - A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.
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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