Word: receptacle
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
cep
ta
cle
Definition: A 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)
Morphemes:
Affix: receptacle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A 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)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
Meaning: back, again
Affix: capiō
Language: la
Decoded: capio
Meaning: I hold
Affix: -culum
Language: la
Decoded: -culum
Meaning: suffix forming nouns from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments