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receptacle

noun as in container for disposal, storage

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Hannity, meanwhile, was all praise for the man who referred to the entire country as a receptacle for trash.

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As the evening dragged on, I was resigned to just discarding the flower in a receptacle.

The next morning, Lorenzo left his Fremont apartment and drove to San José and dumped her body in a “trash receptacle,” according to police.

A garbage company later emptied the receptacle, transferring its contents to the recycling center where Ellie’s body was found.

It was a partnership with a reusable packaging and logistics company called Reusables.com, which provided Tailwind and another Seattle area store, Cloud City Coffee, with branded cups and a QR code-operated drop-off receptacle.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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