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• Sori in the axils of lamina branches, partly immersed; involucre bell- or trumpet-shaped, or obconical, usually 2-lipped; receptacle generally exserted.From the entry immersed
• He allowed himself to become a nonentity, a void, a receptacle for the voices of the world.2005, Christopher Paolini, “Visions Near and Far”, in Eldest, page 538. From the entry nonentity
• To the Adam in man, woman is no more than a rapable receptacle.1984, Bruce Woodcock, Male mythologies: John Fowles and masculinity. From the entry rapable
• The Ideal Wall Register is not a receptacle for the accumulation of dirt.1906, Architectural File, page 543. From the entry register
• 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
• As soon as the thunderbox had been used, the sweeper hurried forward and carried off triumphantly the china receptacle and contents.1994, Michael Blundell, “Towards Peace – via Ceylon”, in A Love Affair with the Sun: A Memoir of Seventy Years in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya…. From the entry thunderbox
• The machine cannot reason; the machine cannot know emotion; it is a mere receptacle of facts and misfigures.1959, American Journal of Correction, page 32. From the entry misfigure
• 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
• But one piece, a rectangular incense receptacle, found grace in their eyes thanks to its Wanli reign mark and two very imperial dragons.1999 June 19, Souren Melikian, “A New Dynasty Buys Into Chinese Art”, in The New York Times, sourced from International Herald Tribune…. From the entry Wanli
• 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
• At Roorkee, in King George's Own Royal Bengal Sappers and Miners quarters, thunderboxes with a china receptacle were the only form of sanitation.1994, Michael Blundell, “Towards Peace – via Ceylon”, in A Love Affair with the Sun: A Memoir of Seventy Years in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya…. From the entry thunderbox
• He inserted a coin in the prayer box, removed a thin tapered candle from its receptacle, and held it to the flame of another nearby.1978, Robert Ludlum, The Holcroft Covenant, page 147. From the entry prayer box
• The pulling force exerted by the arms will then cause the spring-loaded lockpin retract collar to contact two fiberglass catches in the receptacle.1970, US Bureau of Naval Personnel, Aviation Structural Mechanic E 1 & C., page 270. From the entry lockpin
• Artichokes are used as fresh, canned or frozen vegetables — the receptacle (“bottom”) and the inner, soft bracts (“hearts”) are the edible parts of the capitule.2019, Abraham H. Halevy, Handbook of Flowering: Volume II. From the entry capitule
• Remnants of the vascular supply of lost organs may be present in the tissues of the receptacle when all external evidence of the organs has disappeared.2004, Pooja, “Flower” (chapter 1), in Pshysiology of the Angiosperms, New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, →ISBN, Vestigial Vascular…. From the entry vestigial
• The Royal Flush Comfort Station will be available featuring: Men's Side: 2 flushing toilets, 6 ft. urinal, sink, soap, towels, mirror, diaper changer and trash receptacle.2002 July 24, “We treat you like Royalty!”, in The Des Moines Register, page 6CA. From the entry diaper changer
• If they're all for a single indoor tree, caution against "octopusing" of cords from other cords, and the use of a number of cords in a single receptacle.1963, Hardware Age - Volume 203, Issues 7-10, page 88. From the entry octopus
• The fruits of the genus Rubus (blackberry, raspberry) are aggregates of small drupes (drupelets) upon the receptacle of a single flower, each drupelet from a single pistil.1931, A[lbert] S[pear] Hitchcock, “Fruits and Seeds”, in Field Work for the Local Botanist, Washington, D.C.: Published by the author […]…. From the entry drupelet

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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How do you use receptacle in a sentence?

Receptacle is used as a noun. For example: “Sori in the axils of lamina branches, partly immersed; involucre bell- or trumpet-shaped, or obconical, usually 2-lipped; receptacle generally exserted.”

What is a short sentence with receptacle?

“All flowers in a head share a common receptacle.”

What does receptacle mean?

Receptacle means a container.