RECEPTACLES Synonyms

• a flexible container with a single opening

• the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)

• a place that the runner must touch before scoring

• a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

• the quantity that a bag will hold

• a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

• an ugly or ill-tempered woman

• mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

• an activity that you like or at which you are superior

• capture or kill, as in hunting

• hang loosely, like an empty bag

• bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

• take unlawfully

• put into a bag

• 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 (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

• an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player

• act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player

• a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm

• metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

• 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

• the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

• box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

• the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

• furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

• 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 small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle

• the quantity a cup will hold

• any cup-shaped concavity

• a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

• cup-shaped plant organ

• a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

• the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green

• a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition

• form into the shape of a cup

• put into a cup

• treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

• a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.

• any wrapper or covering

• a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves

• a natural covering (as by a fluid)

• the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft)

• the bag containing the gas in a balloon

• 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

• a cylindrical vessel, typically used for storing food

• the quantity contained in a jar

• a sudden jarring impact

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict

• move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

• shock physically

• affect in a disagreeable way

• place in a cylindrical vessel

• 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

• metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• the quantity contained in a pot

• a container in which plants are cultivated

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

• slang for a paunch

• a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

• street names for marijuana

• plant in a pot

• 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 enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

• a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

• as much as a tank will hold

• a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

• a cell for violent prisoners

• store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

• consume excessive amounts of alcohol

• treat in a tank