receptacle

receptacle is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
2. noun. The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
3. noun. The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
4. noun. An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
5. noun. A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
6. noun. a container that is used to put or keep things in
7. noun. an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert
8. noun. enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

Common word forms

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