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1. an object or space used to contain something:

｟かたく｠ 容器, 置場, 貯蔵所(container)

e.g. trash receptacles.

2. North American an electrical outlet into which the plug of an electrical device may be inserted.

(電気の)コンセント(｟米｠ outlet, ｟英｠ socket)

3. chiefly Zoology an organ or structure which receives a secretion, eggs, sperm, etc.

4. Botany an enlarged area at the apex of a stem that bears the organs of a flower or the florets of a flower head.

〘植〙 花托（たく）, 花床.

a structure supporting the sexual organs in some algae, mosses, and liverworts.

late Middle English: from Latin receptaculum, from receptare ‘receive back’, frequentative of recipere (see receive).