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receptacle

noun
/ɹɪˈsɛp.tə.kl̩/UK/ɹəˈsɛp.tə.k(ə)l/US

Etymology

From Middle English receptacle, from Anglo-Norman receptacle and Middle French receptacle (“organ containing a fluid; gathering place; water basin”) (modern French réceptacle), from Latin receptāculum (“animal enclosure, container, place of refuge, receptacle, repository, reservoir, shelter”), from receptāre (“to harbour, to receive, to shelter”) or receptō (“to receive back or again, to recover”), frequentative of recipiō (“to receive; to hold back, to reserve”) (from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“to hold”)) + -culum (suffix forming nouns from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments); cognate with Italian recettaculo, ricettaculo, Portuguese receptáculo, Spanish receptáculo.

  1. derived from receptāculum
  2. derived from receptacle
  3. derived from receptacle
  4. inherited from receptacle

Definitions

  1. A container.

    • Darkness had no effect upon my fancy; and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm.
    • It must be conceded that a common poor-house is by no means a fit receptacle for lunatics, under any consideration either of the cure of the patients, or the comfort of the other inmates.

  2. The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached

    The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.

    • A basic flower […] has four series of parts arranged in concentric whorls (or rings) on the receptacle, which is the name given to the expanded end of the pedicel (flower stalk).

  3. A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive…

    A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive organs).

    • In addition to gas bladders, the thallus of reproductive rockweed, Fucus, has inflated tips called receptacles. The small bumps on the surface of each receptacle are conceptacles, chambers within which the gametangia grow.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An organ that receives and holds a secretion.

    2. A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug…

      A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment.

      • A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug is a receptacle[…]. A multiple receptacle is a single device consisting of two or more receptacles[…].

The neighborhood

Derived

cum receptacle, mail receptacle, receptacular

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at receptacle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at receptacle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at receptacle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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