Thesaurus / receptacle
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She was cast into a bare and miserable dungeon, in that subterranean receptacle of woe, where there was not even a bed.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTIn this shallow receptacle lay an oval miniature which the man took out and held under the strong light of the gas jet.
THOSE DALE GIRLSFRANK WESTON CARRUTHStrange that he should be thus happy in a receptacle of so much pain and sorrow; yet he was light-hearted as the son of a grandee.
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICOThe letter f marks a receptacle for water, which seems to have been used for moistening the bread while baking.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTONIda, awakened by her movements, watched her as she produced a tiny packet from the last-mentioned receptacle.
ALONEMARION HARLANDThe tube can be placed in the receptacle without getting the liquid inside by holding a finger over the outer end.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUSIt was several minutes before he recovered and placed the letter back in the mailing receptacle.
THE ARGUS PHEASANTJOHN CHARLES BEECHAMThe earth is an inexhaustible storehouse and receptacle for such a force.
THE FIRE PEOPLERAY CUMMINGSWe returned to our home, wondering who next among us would be carried off to be put into that revolting receptacle of the dead.
HURRICANE HURRYW.H.G. KINGSTONClothes should be soaked in this for several hours, then removed in a covered receptacle and boiled thoroughly.
THE MOTHER AND HER CHILDWILLIAM S. SADLERWORDS RELATED TO RECEPTACLE
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