receptacle
noun/rɪˈseptəkl/
/rɪˈseptəkl/
- receptacle (for something) (formal) a container for putting something in
- In the backyard there was a large receptacle for catching rainwater.
- (figurative) The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins.
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- (also outlet (both North American English))(also socket British and North American English)(British English also power point)a device in a wall that you put a plug into (= a small plastic object with two or three metal pins) in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin receptaculum, from receptare ‘receive back’, frequentative of recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.
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