receptacle
Example Sentences
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These items are receptacles of love and apple sauce.
Deputies said it was “currently unknown” how the suspects transported all 85 fish — some large — in the small receptacles.
From Los Angeles Times
Creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri described her collection as "demonstrating how clothing is a receptacle that affirms cultural, aesthetic and social codes".
From BBC
L.A.’s devastating fires are only the latest episode in which the ocean has served as an unappreciated receptacle for trash and hazards originating on land.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's not a committee meeting. It is a plenary session of Parliamentary Assembly. And all other receptacles are not to be in this part of the building."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
