Dutch Meaning of receiver

ontvanger

Other Dutch words related to ontvanger

No Synonyms and anytonyms found

Definitions and Meaning of receiver in English

Wordnet

receiver (n)

set that receives radio or tv signals

(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

a person who receives something

the tennis player who receives the serve

a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

Webster

receiver (n.)

One who takes or receives in any manner.

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.

One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.

A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.

A vessel for receiving and containing gases.

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.

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

A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.

That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.

In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed to the breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or block, gives means of securing for firing, facilitates loading, and holds the ejector, cut-off, etc.

FAQs About the word receiver

ontvanger

set that receives radio or tv signals, (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected

No synonyms found.

No antonyms found.

receivedness => ontvankelijkheid, received pronunciation => Ontvangen uitspraak, received => ontvangen, receive => ontvangen, receivables => vorderingen,