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receptacle

noun as in container for disposal, storage

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Creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri described her collection as "demonstrating how clothing is a receptacle that affirms cultural, aesthetic and social codes".

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L.A.’s devastating fires are only the latest episode in which the ocean has served as an unappreciated receptacle for trash and hazards originating on land.

"It's not a committee meeting. It is a plenary session of Parliamentary Assembly. And all other receptacles are not to be in this part of the building."

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Hannity, meanwhile, was all praise for the man who referred to the entire country as a receptacle for trash.

From Salon

When residents realised there was free petrol to be had - people, mostly young men and teenagers, rushed to get buckets and other receptacles to collect the precious liquid.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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