Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 20 compound words that contain reception. The most common are listed below. Open reception in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- reception deskA designated area, typically situated near the entrance of a building such as an office, hotel, hospital or other public establishment, where visitors are greeted and assisted.
- reception roomA room for receiving and entertaining guests or clients.
- wedding receptionA celebratory party held after the marriage ceremony, where the newlyweds host family and friends.
- Reception area
- reception roomsplural of reception room: A room for receiving and entertaining guests or clients.
- critical receptionThe degree to which an artistic work such as a song, movie, book, or video game has been received by critics.
- reception shedA shed where goods are received.
- reception centerPlace or institution for temporary accommodation of vagrants, refugees, disaster victims and others.
- reception centersplural of reception center: Place or institution for temporary accommodation of vagrants, refugees, disaster victims and others.
- reception centreAlternative form of reception center: Place or institution for temporary accommodation of vagrants, refugees, disaster victims and others.
- reception centresplural of reception centre: Place or institution for temporary accommodation of vagrants, refugees, disaster victims and others.
- reception chairSynonym of guest chair: A slim, usually four-legged chair.
- reception chairsplural of reception chair: A slim, usually four-legged chair.
- reception wikiA type of informal online wiki assessing the good and bad points of a topic in bullet points.
- reception desksplural of reception desk: A designated area, typically situated near the entrance of a building such as an office, hotel, hospital or other public establishment, where visitors are greeted and assisted.
- reception shedsplural of reception shed: A shed where goods are received.
- reception wikisplural of reception wiki: A type of informal online wiki assessing the good and bad points of a topic in bullet points.
Compound words 20
- receptionistAn employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.
- proprioceptionThe sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.
- receptionalRelating to reception, or the way that something is received.
- autoreceptionThe action of an autoreceptor.
- baroreceptionThe physiological sensory response to changes in blood pressure.
- electroreceptionThe biological ability to perceive electrical impulses, used for electrolocation and electrocommunication and particularly common among aquatic creatures (since salt water is a more efficient conductor than air).
- mechanoreceptionThe action of a mechanoreceptor
- nonreceptionAbsence of reception; failure to receive.
- osmoreceptionThe action of an osmoreceptor
- photoceptionThe perception of light