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Word: Receptacle
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin receptaculum, from receptare ‘receive back’, frequentative of recipere (see receive)
rɪˈsɛptəkl
a hollow object used to contain something
Short Definition:hollow object used to contain something
Examples:- fast-food receptacles
an electrical socket.
Short Definition:electrical socket
an organ or structure which receives a secretion, eggs, sperm, etc.
Short Definition:organ or structure which receives secretion, eggs, sperm
an enlarged area at the apex of a stem on which the parts of a flower or the florets of a flower head are inserted.
Short Definition:enlarged area at apex of stem on which parts of flower or florets of flower head are inserted
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