receptacle vs walk-in

receptacle

noun
  • 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 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 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. 

walk-in

noun
  • A facility accessed on foot rather than by car, usually contrasted to drive-in. 

  • A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison. 

  • A relatively small room (such as a closet or pantry) or refrigerator or freezer that is spacious enough to walk into. 

  • A customer, job applicant or similar who visits a restaurant, medical facility, car dealership, etc. without a reservation, appointment, or referral. 

  • A relatively larger room or (especially) an apartment that is entered directly, not via an intervening passage or lobby. 

  • A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another. 

  • A facility or an event that principally handles customers who do not have an appointment. 

  • A defector (or similar) who walks into an embassy (etc) unannounced. 

adj
  • Accessed by walking, either exclusively, as a campground, or together with drive-in access, as at some drive-in movie theaters. 

  • Gaining access through unlocked doors. 

  • Designed to be possible to walk into (without stepping over a ledge, etc). 

  • That people may enter without a prior appointment. 

  • Spacious enough to walk into. 

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