Rough sand put in receptacle (7)
I believe the answer is:
dustpan
'receptacle' is the definition.
(I know that dustpan is a type of receptacle)
'rough sand put' is the wordplay.
'rough' indicates anagramming the letters (a rough or broken ordering of the letters).
'sand'+'put'='sandput'
'sandput' anagrammed gives 'DUSTPAN'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for dustpan that I've seen before include "One's used to clean up" , "domestic utensil" , "Sweeping receptacle" , "Container associated with brush" , "A brush goes with it" .)