Receptacle is valid Scrabble Word

Is receptacle a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
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10 letters word
16 points in Scrabble
20 points in WWF

Definitions for RECEPTACLE in dictionary:

NOUN:

that in which anything is or may be received
a hollow object used to contain something
an electrical socket.
an organ or structure which receives a secretion, eggs, sperm, etc.
an enlarged area at the apex of a stem on which the parts of a flower or the florets of a flower head are inserted.
a structure supporting the sexual organs in some algae, mosses, and liverworts.
That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.

A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
a container that is used to put or keep things in
enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

one that receives and contains something; container

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How to use RECEPTACLE in a sentence

Only safety matches are allowed here, and they are put in a receptacle at the side of each door.
They want me to be merely the receptacle of their own opinions.
In measure as the level of the water rises, the pressure on the mercury in the receptacle increases, and causes the metal to rise in the tube.
The sacred fire, the emblem of spiritual life, which is never extinguished, is kept in a small recess in a golden receptacle, and is attended by priests without interruption.
It is a small, ill-constructed establishment, horribly filthy, more like a receptacle for wild beasts than human beings.
The will is the receptacle of good, and the understanding is the receptacle of truth, 121.
A splendid pair of pearl ear-rings also was produced from the same receptacle.
This receptacle was built on a long, black rock in the center of the Columbia River, around which, being so near the falls, the current was amazingly rapid.
The most southern, known as Bahret-Hijaneh, is the receptacle for the stream of the Awaaj, and takes also the water from the northern parts of the Ledjah, or region of Argob.
Until the top of the tree is dead it is not a proper receptacle for these animals.

Founded as a receptacle for convicts, a system akin to slavery soon took root.
The room, being so seldom used, had become a receptacle for old lumber of all sorts.
This river runs in the valley between the Cevennes and Pyrenees, serving as the common receptacle for both their waters.
Then with a handful of tobacco taken from the same receptacle he began to sprinkle a small circle in the centre aisle.
Swedenborg conceives man to be an organized receptacle of truth and love from God.
That house was for some years, at first especially, until the truth had opened its way into the southern parts of this island, an eminent receptacle of this people.
Stone and earthen ware are not open to this objection, but they are likely to collect moisture, and hence are not equal to a tin receptacle.
It is still, after all these centuries, an entirely noble pile, and forms a fit receptacle for the tomb, not only of Victor Emanuel, but of Raphael.
This receptacle had been closed by a solid metal door, which was screwed and clamped tight.
After weighing the grapes, place them in a big tub or receptacle of some kind nearly filled with cold water.
A new victim was added to the receptacle of the slain.
To this inviting receptacle was the attention of our guest more especially directed.
A secret receptacle was discovered in the body of the eagle, and the ancient title-deeds of the Abbey were found in it.
Upon turning the hand wheel, L, the bottle and the receptacle that holds it are lifted, and the mouth of the bottle presses against a rubber disk fixed under the support, C D.
The impurities, likewise, after falling down the sides of the receptacle, are carried off.

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