Plural of receptacle

Forms of receptacle

Receptacles in a sentence

• Such receptacles must not be used for storing any edible product and must bear conspicuous and distinctive marking to identify the permitted uses.2012, Y. H. Hui, “Sanitation Performance Standards”, in Y. H. Hui, editor, Handbook of Meat and Meat Processing, 2nd edition, Boca Raton...
• In addition to gas bladders, the thallus of reproductive rockweed, Fucus, has inflated tips called receptacles.2013, George Karleskint, Jr.; Richard Turner; James W. Small, Jr., “Multicellular Primary Producers”, in Introduction to Marine Biology...
• The wine runs into pitchers, washing-basins, shards, chamber- vessels, and other extemporized receptacles.1906, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part Second, Act Third. From the entry extemporize
• DON’T use inappropriate receptacles for your porch and house plants.1917 fall and winter, “Some Dont’s^([sic])”, in What and When to Plant, Los Angeles, Calif.: Howard & Smith, page 4. From the entry gardenware
• However, readers who found aureate terms pretentious began to call them inkhorn and inkpot terms, both references to the receptacles scholars carried to hold ink.1996, Keith D. White, John Keats and the Loss of Romantic Innocence [Costerus, new series; vol. 107], Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi…. From the entry aureate

Meaning of receptacle

1. noun A container.
2. noun The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.
3. noun A condensed rachis of a capitate or umbellate inflorescence at the end of the peduncle, to which all of the florets or pedicels are attached.

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Questions about the plural of receptacle

What is the plural of receptacle?

The plural of receptacle is receptacles.

Is receptacle countable?

Receptacle is a countable noun.