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re⋅cep⋅ta⋅cle

  [ri-sep-tuh-kuhl]
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–noun
1. a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something: a receptacle for trash.
2. Botany. the modified or expanded portion of the stem or axis that bears the organs of a single flower or the florets of a flower head.
3. Electricity. a contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of a portable lamp, appliance, or other electric device by means of a plug and flexible cord.
Origin:
1375–1425; ME (< OF) < L receptāculum reservoir, equiv. to receptā(re) to take again, receive back (freq. of recipere to receive ) + -culum -cle 2
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re·cep·ta·cle   (rĭ-sěp'tə-kəl)   
n.  

  1. A container that holds items or matter.

  2. Botany The expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral organs or the group of flowers in a head.

  3. Electronics A fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin receptāculum, from receptāre, to receive again, frequentative of recipere, to receive; see receive.]
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Word Origin & History

receptacle 
1412, from O.Fr. receptacle (14c.), from L. receptaculum "place to receive and store things," from receptare, frequentative of recipere "to hold, contain" (see receive).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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