S: (n) ash-pan (a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed)
S: (n) ashtray (a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes)
S: (n) beehive, hive (a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees)
S: (n) case, compositor's case, typesetter's case ((printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers) "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"
S: (n) coin box (the part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coins)
S: (n) dustpan (a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept)
S: (n) garbage (a receptacle where waste can be discarded) "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"
S: (n) hopper (funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below)
S: (n) hot-water bottle, hot-water bag (a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body)
S: (n) in-basket, in-tray (a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material)
S: (n) ossuary (any receptacle for the burial of human bones)
S: (n) out-basket, out-tray (a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material)