RECEPTACLE Synonyms

• a container that is usually woven and has handles

• the quantity contained in a basket

• horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

• a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

• a container; usually has a lid

• an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself

• the quantity contained in a bin

• store in bins

• a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids

• a concave shape with an open top

• a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

• the quantity contained in a bowl

• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

• a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling

• a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling

• a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

• the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

• roll (a ball)

• hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end

• engage in the sport of bowling

• a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

• private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance

• the quantity contained in a box

• a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

• a rectangular drawing

• evergreen shrubs or small trees

• any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned

• the driver's seat on a coach

• separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people

• a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)

• put into a box

• hit with the fist

• engage in a boxing match

• a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

• the quantity contained in a bucket

• put into a bucket

• carry in a bucket

• a can for storing tea

• act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

• the quantity contained in a can

• a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

• preserve in a can or tin

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• an occurrence of something

• a special set of circumstances

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• the actual state of things

• a portable container for carrying several objects

• a person requiring professional services

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• a problem requiring investigation

• a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument

• the quantity contained in a case

• nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

• a specific state of mind that is temporary

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• a specific size and style of type within a type family

• an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

• the housing or outer covering of something

• the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

• (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers

• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

• a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

• look over, usually with the intention to rob

• enclose in, or as if in, a case

• a natural or artificial enclosed space

• an enclosed volume in the body

• a room where a judge transacts business

• a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly

• a room used primarily for sleeping

• place in a chamber

• any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

• a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping

• the quantity contained in a crate

• put into a crate; as for protection

• a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out

• the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

• an artist skilled at drawing

• a holding device

• a person who holds something

• the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it

• cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

• (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus

• chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

• shallow container made of metal

• make a sweeping movement

• wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

• express a totally negative opinion of

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

• an enclosed space

• a supply of money

• (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

• a small isolated group of people

• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

• put in one's pocket

• take unlawfully

• a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

• a person to whom a secret is entrusted

• a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

• an enclosed space

• the quantity contained in a sack

• any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

• a woman's full loose hiplength jacket

• a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

• the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• plunder (a town) after capture

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• make as a net profit

• put in a sack

• an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

• a tube in which a body fluid circulates

• a craft designed for water transportation

• an object used as a container (especially for liquids)