English Explanatory Dictionary

receptory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A receptacle, a container .

Word forms

receptory receptories

Etymology

From Middle English receptorie, from Medieval Latin receptorium (“a place of shelter”).

Derived words

electroreceptory mechanoreceptory
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