receptacle

Noun
  1. is a type of: 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)
    subtypes:
    • ash-pan - a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed
    • 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
    • garbage - a receptacle where waste can be discarded
    • hopper - funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
    • hot-water bag, hot-water bottle - a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for 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
    • collection plate, plate - a shallow receptacle for collection in church
    • pix, pyx - 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; used for collecting crumbs or ashes
    • socket - receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
    • cuspidor, spittoon - 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
  2. is a type of: plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus
    subtypes: gynobase - the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne
    is a part of: stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  3. is a type of: fitting - a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
    subtypes:

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