pocket billiards vs receptacle

pocket billiards

noun
  • Synonym of pocket pool 

  • Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. 

receptacle

noun
  • A container. 

  • In the Asteraceae (aster or sunflower family), the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached. 

  • A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment. 

  • A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive organs). 

  • An organ that receives and holds a secretion. 

  • The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus. 

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