[noun] [C] [formal] - a container used for storing or putting objects inHouseholders are given four separate receptacles for their rubbish: one for food, one for plastics, one for paper and one for tins and bottles.(figurative) My father knows the position of every football team in the league and is a receptacle for all sorts of useless knowledge (= he knows a lot of useless facts).
RECEPTACLE
Meaning of RECEPTACLE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012