Synonyms for receptacle
rɪˈsɛp tə kəlre·cep·ta·cle

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1. receptacle

   Synonyms:
   repository, lodgment, recipient, magazine, store, case, berth

   Antonyms:
   carrier, carriage, conveyance, discharger, consigner

Princeton's WordNet

1. receptaclenoun

   a container that is used to put or keep things in

2. receptaclenoun

   enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

3. receptaclenoun

   an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

Matched Categories

1. • Container
   • Fitting
   • Plant Part

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1. receptaclenoun

   Synonyms:
   receiver, reservoir

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1. receptaclenoun

   Synonyms:
   container, repository

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1. List of paraphrases for "receptacle":

   container, vessel, receptacles, containers, dish, socket

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How to use receptacle in a sentence?

1. E. M. Forster:

   Oxford is -- Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.

2. Richard Logozzo:

   I go to the automatic reader and if it says not a winner, there’s a trash receptacle there and I drop it in.

3. Stan Dunn:

   And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle.

4. Caitlin na Houlihan:

   Has Vladimir Putin become a classical miracle, a chronicled obstacle, a conventicle oracle, a piratical spectacle, a manacled vehicle, a tentacled particle, a monarchical article, a cubicle receptacle, a monocled corpuscle, a pinnacled icicle or a trickled treacle?

5. Pablo Picasso:

   The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape...