The eye socket is the bone receptacle in which the eye fits.
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Receptacle
//ɹɪˈsɛp.tə.kl̩//
Synonyms for "receptacle" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (59)
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More general
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
69 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δοχεῖον noun (container)
- ἀποδέκτης noun (container)
Bulgarian
4 entries- контакт noun (electrical: contact device)
- контейнер noun (container)
- розетка noun (electrical: contact device)
- съд noun (container)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 容器 noun (container)
Czech
4 entries- lůžko noun (botany: part of flower)
- nádoba noun (container)
- schránka noun (container)
- zásuvka noun (electrical: contact device)
Esperanto
1 entries- ricevujo noun (container)
Finnish
3 entries- astia noun (container)
- kukkapohjus noun (botany: part of flower)
- pistorasia noun (electrical: contact device)
French
1 entries- réceptacle noun (container)
German
4 entries- Anschlussbuchse noun (electrical: contact device)
- Behälter noun (container)
- Blütenachse noun (botany: part of flower)
- Blütenboden noun (botany: part of flower)
Greek
2 entries- αποδέκτης noun (container)
- δοχείο noun (container)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyűjtőedény noun (container)
- vacok noun (botany: part of flower)
Icelandic
2 entries- geymsla noun (container)
- hirsla noun (container)
Irish
4 entries- coimeádán noun (container)
- gabhdán noun (container)
- gabháltóir noun (container)
- glac noun (container)
Italian
3 entries- recettaculo noun (container)
- ricettacolo noun (botany: part of flower)
- ricettaculo noun (container)
Japanese
4 entries- コンセント noun (electrical: contact device)
- ソケット noun (electrical: contact device)
- 入れ物 noun (container)
- 花托 noun (botany: part of flower)
Latin
1 entries- receptāculum noun (container)
Middle English
1 entries- receptacle noun (container)
Middle French
1 entries- receptacle noun (container)
Māori
2 entries- taiaroa noun (container)
- takotoranga noun (container)
Norwegian
3 entries- beholder noun (container)
- blomsterbunn noun (botany: part of flower)
- stikkontakt noun (electrical: contact device)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jefäss noun (container)
Polish
1 entries- dno kwiatowe noun (botany: part of flower)
Portuguese
2 entries- receptáculo noun (container)
- recipiente noun (container)
Russian
2 entries- вмести́лище noun (container)
- розе́тка noun (electrical: contact device)
Spanish
3 entries- receptáculo noun (container)
- receptáculo noun (botany: part of flower)
- recipiente noun (container)
Swedish
2 entries- behållare noun (container)
- kärl noun (container)
Thai
2 entries- ฐานรองดอก noun (botany: part of flower)
- เต้ารับ noun (electrical: contact device)
Tocharian B
1 entries- tāsi noun (container)
Turkish
1 entries- çiçek tablası noun (botany: part of flower)
Ukrainian
1 entries- квітколо́же noun (botany: part of flower)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The waterskin is a sheepskin or goat skin sewn in the shape of a bag and serving as a receptacle.
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Thus, one of the loveliest of earthly paradises was doomed to be a receptacle for the very worst of malefactors.
Source: tatoeba (11857235)
Kelly shops for wood all over the city. He found some of his latest guitar-quality wood in a trash receptacle — planks and beams from a Serbian Orthodox church that burned down earlier this year.
Source: tatoeba (12265711)
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