A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle.
Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
The section of the plant's stem or stalk to which the flower is attached.
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Examples for "receptacle "
Examples for "receptacle "
1 It is unlucky that the amplest receptacle is to hold the minority.
2 The Italian newspaper is probably the emptiest receptacle of news published anywhere.
3 Swimming in surreal light is what appears to be a glass receptacle .
4 In buckets, coal-oil cans, every kind of receptacle , lay the precious dust.
5 The Constitution is neither a legislative crazy-quilt nor a receptacle of fads.
1 That was probably a side effect of the nearby moon's plasma torus .
2 She unclipped the carabiner and let go of the lazily spinning torus .
3 He saw the torus accelerating madly, leaving Paola behind, needles outstripped.
4 They would be destroyed; Paola and the torus might survive.
5 The superstructure was all still there, leaving the torus and spire shape perfectly intact.
6 Outside of it, carabinered to the spinning torus , was Dinah.
7 It appears that both environmental and genetic components contribute to the expression of palatine torus .
8 She eyed the precooked torus he proffered distastefully "You can taste the difference?"
9 With wraparound, the effect was of an infinite main street, a hundred-kilometer torus of material delights.
10 It was their duty to guard the torus until it was ready to broadcast its contents.
11 The rest of the torus was fuel tank.
12 Delivered, the torus was on its own now.
13 The great torus - shaped mansion of Espersium sat near the centre of the estate of the same name.
14 The STXM analysis also indicated that a torus of a bordered pit contained aromatic compounds, possibly lignin.
15 Paola Birdsong still shepherded the sporangia torus .
16 This was a lot easier in the weak gravity of the torus - no globules of blood drifting around.
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