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1. (n.) receiver
a person or thing that receives.
2. receiver
a device or apparatus, as an earphone, radio, or television, that receives electrical signals, waves, or the like and renders them intelligible and perceptible to the senses.
3. receiver
a person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of a bankrupt business or person or to care for property in litigation.
4. receiver
a person who knowingly receives stolen goods for an illegal purpose.
5. receiver
a receptacle; container.
6. receiver
a vessel for collecting and containing a distillate.
7. receiver
Football. a player on the offensive team who catches or is eligible to catch a forward pass.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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| Definition of 'receiver' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) receiver, receiving system
set that receives radio or tv signals
2. (noun) liquidator, receiver
(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
3. (noun) telephone receiver, receiver
earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
4. (noun) recipient, receiver
a person who receives something
5. (noun) receiver
the tennis player who receives the serve
6. (noun) receiver, pass receiver, pass catcher
a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
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1. (noun) receiver
the part of a telephone that you speak into
to put down the receiver
2. receiver
the part of a radio, television, etc. that reads the electronic signals
a hand-held receiver
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| Definition of 'receiver' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) receiver
one who takes or receives in any manner
2. (noun) receiver
a person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases
3. (noun) receiver
one who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen
4. (noun) receiver
a vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation
5. (noun) receiver
a vessel for receiving and containing gases
6. (noun) receiver
the glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump
7. (noun) receiver
a vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine
8. (noun) receiver
a capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine
9. (noun) receiver
that portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter
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| Definition of 'receiver' |
The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. receiver
In telephony and telegraphy, an instrument for receiving a message as distinguished from one used for sending or transmitting one.
Thus the Bell telephone applied to the ear is a receiver, while the microphone which is spoken into or against is the transmitter.
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Sense: the part of a telephone which is held to one's ear.
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 Afrikaans: ontvanger, gehoorstuk |
 Arabic: سَمّاعَة الهاتِف |
 Bulgarian: слушалка |
 Brazilian: auscultador |
 Czech: sluchátko |
 German: der Hörer |
 Danish: telefonrør |
 Greek: ακουστικό τηλεφώνου |
 Spanish: auricular |
 Estonian: kuuldetoru |
 Farsi: گوشی (تلفن |
 Finnish: kuuloke |
 French: récepteur |
 Hebrew: שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת |
 Hindi: टेलीफोन का एक हिस्सा |
 Croatian: telefonska slušalica |
 Hungarian: telefonkagyló |
 Indonesian: penerima |
 Icelandic: símtól |
 Italian: ricevitore, cornetta |
 Japanese: 受話器 |
 Korean: 수화기 |
 Lithuanian: telefono ragelis |
 Latvian: (telefona) klausule |
 Malay: ganggang penerima |
 Dutch: hoorn |
 Norwegian: telefonrør |
 Polish: słuchawka |
 Persian: گوشی (تلفن |
 Pashto: اخيستونكى، نيوونكى، منونك |
 Portuguese: auscultador |
 Romanian: receptor |
 Russian: телефонная трубка |
 Slovak: slúchadlo |
 Slovenian: slušalka |
 Serbian: slušalica |
 Swedish: [telefon]lur |
 Thai: เครื่องรับโทรศัพท์ |
 Turkish: ahize, kulaklık |
 Taiwanese: 電話聽筒 |
 Ukrainian: телефонна трубка |
 Urdu: ٹیلیفون کا وہ حصہ جس سے ا |
 Vietnamese: ống nghe điện thoại |
 Chinese: 电话听筒 |
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