ash-pan - a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed

ashtray - a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes

hive, beehive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

cat box - a receptacle for cat excrement

catchall - an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends

chamberpot, thunder mug, potty - a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom

coin box - the part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coins

container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

dustpan - a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept

garbage - a receptacle where garbage is discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"

hopper - funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

hot-water bag, hot-water bottle - a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body

in-basket, in-tray - a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material

ossuary - any receptacle for the burial of human bones

out-basket, out-tray - a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material

collection plate, plate - a shallow receptacle for collection in church

pix, pyx - any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept

save-all - a receptacle for catching waste products for further use

silent butler - a small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid; used for collecting crumbs or ashes

socket - receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted

cuspidor, spittoon - a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)

tidy - receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)

tray - an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

trough - a long narrow shallow receptacle

gynobase - the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne

plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus

stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

fitting - a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system

outlet box - (electricity) receptacle consisting of the metal box designed for connections to a wiring system

expansion slot, slot - (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory"

socket - a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted

electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, wall plug, wall socket, outlet - receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices