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Definition: Receptacle |
ReceptacleNoun1. A container that is used to put or keep things in. 2. Enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts. 3. An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "receptacle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A connector for attachment to a rigid surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A connector that mates with a free connector in a cable-to-cable application. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | The thickened end of the pedicel to which the berry is attached. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| RECP | English | Receptacle | Electrical Engineering |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Noun: receptacle; inclosure; recipient, receiver, reservatory. |
Treasury | Noun: treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper; cash register, kutcherry, bursary; strong box, strong hold, strong room; coffer; chest;(receptacle); safe; bank vault; depository; till, tiller; purse; money bag, money box; porte-monnaie. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Large water receptacle not adequately covered to prevent mosquito breeding, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Credit: CDC. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the "Gesta Sanctorum" that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Receptacle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Receptacle" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 51 | 47,619 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "receptacle": container receptacle ♦ electric receptacle ♦ floral receptacle ♦ proper receptacle ♦ receptacle connector ♦ seminal receptacle. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "receptacle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vend (clime, country, course, diggings, ground, job, land, location, locus, nation, native land, neck, part, place, point, position, post, region, room, seat, space, spot, station, stead, terrain, territory), vazo (bowl, container, flower vase, flowerpot, pot, vase), thes (bag, poke, sack, sacking), prizë (nozzle, outlet, plug, plug in, point, socket, switch plug), kuti (box, canister, case, casket, container, crate, sandbank, Square, thriftbox, tray), konteiner (container), enë (container, dish, tank, vessel), depozitë (bank, deposit, deposition, stowage). (various references) | |
Arabic | كرس الزهرة, قرص الزهرة, وعاء (can, cistern, container, jerrycan, utensil, vessel), حوض (basin, cistern, dock, lavatory, pan, pelvis, tank, trough, tub), المقبس (socket), إناء (container, punnet, utensil, vessel), ظرف (aggravation, charm, circumstance, envelope, esprit, occurrence, particularity, situation, wit, wittiness), بركة (beatitude, benediction, blessing, boon, mercy, mere, pan, patch, pond, tank). (various references) | |
Basque | ontzi (container, cube). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съд (bar, bench, container, court, court of justice, court of law, inquest, judgement-seat, judicature, judiciary, jury, law, law court, tribunal, utensil, vas, vessel), чашка (bell, calyx, chalice, cup, drink, envelope, peg, pony, shot, thalamus), чанта (bag, case, holdall, satchel), торба (bag, bagful, grab-all, pack, pouch, sack, swag, wallet), контейнер (container, package), гнездо (collet, cradle, housing, mortise, mounting, nest, rabbet, socket), вместилище, влагалище, букса. (various references) | |
Chinese | 容器 (vessel). (various references) | |
Czech | nádoba (container, holder, utensil, vessel). (various references) | |
Danish | rum (room, space), retning (direction), udgang (exit, way out), sortererum, opsamlingsbeholder, løst koblingsstik (free coupler connector), frugtbund (floral bud, torus), fast stikforbindelse (fixed connector, receptacle connector), blomsterleje (floral bud), blomsterbund (floral bud). (various references) | |
Dutch | vergaarbak (cistern, tank), vak (branch, compartment, department, handicraft, occupation, pigeonhole, section, speciality, square, trade), drainbak (drain pan), bloembodem (floral bud, torus), afvoerbak (drain pan). (various references) | |
Farsi | نهنج , حفره درون سلولی گیاه , حاوی , جا (Berth, Case, Emplacement, House, Lieu, Locality, Location, Lodge, Place, Room, Seat, Site, Situation, Socket, Space, Station, Stead, Vacancy, Vacantness), ظرف (Adverb, Can, Container, Dish, Repository, Vase, Vessel). (various references) | |
Finnish | runkoliitin (fixed connector, receptacle connector), kukkapohjus (floral bud, torus), kaapelin jatkoliitin (free coupler connector). (various references) | |
French | récipient (receptaculum seminalis), réceptacle (receiver). (various references) | |
German | Behälter (bin, bins, box, caddy, canister, cistern, container, crib, jug, receptacles, repositories, reservoir, reservoirs, tank, vase, vessel), Steckerbuchse (female plug). (various references) | |
Greek | θήκη (cap, case, casing, crown, holder, scabbard, sheath), δοχείο (beaker, container, dispenser, jar, pot, urn, vat). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכל (container, entirely, fount, reservoir, tank), כלי קבול (bin, vessel), בית קבול (repository). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vacok (couch, hole, lair, lie), tartály (bin, bunker, container, drum, holder, hopper, receiver, reservoir, sink, tank, vat), magbuga, konnektoraljzat, gyümölcstest, gyülekezőhely (rallying point, rendezvous), gyűjtőmedence (reservoir), gyűjtő edény, dugaszhely, dugaszalj, befogadó edény. (various references) | |
Italian | ricettacolo (floral bud, torus), recipiente collettore, recipiente (bin, bowl, container, pot, reservoirs, vascular, vessel), toro (bull, Taurus), talamo (thalamus), prolunga (extension), coppa di drenaggio (drain pan), connettore fisso (fixed connector, receptacle connector), connettore di base (fixed connector, receptacle connector), comparto (box, compartment), cercine (callus, torus). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 花床 , 器物 (container), 入物 (case, container), 入れ物 (case, container), 入れ物 (case, container), 入れ (container). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きぶつ (container, wooden Buddha), かしょう (approval, burn, Chinese merchants abroad, few, little, praise, riverbed, scald, scanty, singing, song, temporary name, too few, too small, undeserved praise), いれもの (case, container), いれ (container). (various references) | |
Korean | 장소 (Depot). (various references) | |
Manx | goweydane. (various references) | |
Occitan | grasala (container). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eceptacleray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | receptáculo (coalburner, pocket, receiver, repository, vessel, water-craft). (various references) | |
Romanian | recipient (case, container, jar, pot, receiver, recipient, vessel), receptacul (cell), vas (argosy, bowl, jar, ship, vessel). (various references) | |
Russian | вместилище (cistern, container). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | priključak (connection), pribežište, kutija (box, chest). (various references) | |
Spanish | receptáculo (holder). (various references) | |
Swedish | förvaringskärl, blomaxel (torus). (various references) | |
Turkish | zarf (adverb, adverbial, calyx, cartridge, cover, envelope, sheath, shuck), priz (Jack, outlet, plug, plug socket, power outlet, power point, socket, switch plug, wall plug), kap (binder, Cape, case, container, holder, hollowware, jacket, pot, utensil, vessel), hazne (dam, reservoir, tank), duy (holder, snout, socket), depo (depository, depot, entrepot, goods yard, packing house, repertory, repository, reservoir, stock room, storage, store, storeroom, tank, warehouse, yard), çiçek tablası (floral receptacle, thalamus). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тара (boxing, tare), штепсельна розетка (outlet), вмістище, патрон (cartridge). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lọ (container, jar, pot, vase, vessel), chai (bottle, neck). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | buru. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | receptaculum, receptaculum commune, torus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "receptacle": receptacles. (additional references) | |
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"Receptacle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: receptance, recepticle, reseptacle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "receptacle" (pronounced ruse"ptukul) |
| 7 | -e" p t u k u l | skeptical. |
| 5 | -t u k u l | aeronautical, article, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, grammatical, hypothetical, impractical, spectacle, tentacle, nautical, obstacle, particle, political, practical. |
| 4 | -u k u l | agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, hierarchical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, numerical, Oracle, oratorical, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, pontifical, quizzical, radical, reciprocal, satirical, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-l-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: acceptee, accepter, praelect, preelect, reaccept. | |
-3 letters: accrete, capelet, percale, petrale, pleater, plectra, prelate, prelect, reelect, replace, replate, replete, treacle. | |
-4 letters: accept, caplet, carcel, carpel, carpet, cartel, cerate, cereal, claret, create, ecarte, elater, leaper, palter, parcel, peeler, pelter, petrel, placer, placet, plater, preact, recept, rectal, relace, relate, repeal, repeat, retape, tercel. | |
-5 letters: alert, alter, apter. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-l-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: receptacles. | |
+4 letters: superspectacle. | |
+5 letters: reconceptualize, superspectacles. | |
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