Container vs. Receptacle

Containernoun

Someone who contains; something that contains.

Containernoun

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

Containernoun

(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

Containernoun

(by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.

Containernoun

(computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.

Containernoun

(object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.

Containernoun

Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

Containernoun

One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid or solid material, object or objects, especially for convenience in transporting the contained objects.

Containernoun

a large metallic box designed to hold many smaller boxes or packages, and used for convenience in loading and unloading large quantities of freight, such as on ships, trains, or airplanes.

Containernoun

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)

Containernoun

an object for holding or transporting something

Containernoun

a large metal box of a standard design and size used for the transport of goods by road, rail, sea, or air

Container

A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping. Things kept inside of a container are protected by being inside of its structure.

Receptaclenoun

A container.

Receptaclenoun

(botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.

Receptaclenoun

In the Asteraceae (aster or sunflower family), the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached.

Receptaclenoun

(phycology) A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive organs).

Receptaclenoun

(zoology) An organ that receives and holds a secretion.

Receptaclenoun

A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment.

Receptaclenoun

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as for examople, a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

Receptaclenoun

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.

Receptaclenoun

a container that is used to put or keep things in

Receptaclenoun

enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

Receptaclenoun

an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert