receiver vs snorkel

receiver

noun
  • A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine. 

  • A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity. 

  • A person who attempts to return the serve. 

  • Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle. 

  • The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece. 

  • A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg. 

  • A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient. 

  • The part of a firearm containing the action. 

  • A person who accepts stolen goods. 

  • An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer. 

  • A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases. 

  • Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such. 

  • An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed. 

  • An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum. 

snorkel

noun
  • A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth. 

  • A snorkel parka. 

  • A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater. 

verb
  • To use a snorkel. 

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