receptacle C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /rɪˈsɛptəkəl/ UK /rɪˈsɛptəkl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a container used to hold or store something Drop your used tickets in the receptacle by the gate. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a container used to hold or... containervesselholderrepositoryreceiverreservoir Word family Related forms receivereceptionreceptorreceptive Etymology AI details From Latin receptaculum ('a place to receive and store'), from receptare ('to receive repeatedly'), frequentative of recipere ('to receive'). receptaculum Latin recipere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # receptacle **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /rɪˈsɛptəkəl/ **IPA (UK):** /rɪˈsɛptəkl/ ## Meanings 1. a container used to hold or store something ## Examples - Drop your used tickets in the receptacle by the gate. ## Synonyms - container - vessel - holder - repository - receiver - reservoir ## Related Forms - receive - reception - receptor - receptive ## Roots and Affixes - Root: receptaculum - Root: recipere ## Etymology From Latin receptaculum ('a place to receive and store'), from receptare ('to receive repeatedly'), frequentative of recipere ('to receive'). ## AI Etymology Receptacle is from Latin receptaculum ('a place to receive and store'), from receptare ('to receive repeatedly'), frequentative of recipere ('to receive'). Important recorded forms include receptaculum (Latin) and recipere (Latin). The current sense covers a container used to hold or store something. The wider family includes related words such as receive, reception, receptor, and receptive. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown