Capsule - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkæpsl|
Brit.
|ˈkæpsjuːl|
noun
- a small container
- a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
- a shortened version of a written work (syn: abridgement, abridgment, condensation)
- a structure that encloses a body part
- a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
- a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
- a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
- a shortened version of a written work (syn: abridgement, abridgment, condensation)
- a structure that encloses a body part
- a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
- a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
verb
Extra examples
...took an antibiotic capsule three times a day for a week...
...a capsule containing all sorts of items from our era that is to be opened 100 years from now...
...newscasts that capsule complex, important stories into one-minute bits for easy digestion by viewers...
...capsule reviews of the latest offerings at the multiplex...
A capsule history of jazz in one town.
Their mission was the recovery of the space capsule.
The covering of capsule, when the seeds become ripe, opens at the top.
Vitamin C can be taken in capsule or tablet form.
Word forms
noun
singular: capsule
plural: capsules
singular: capsule
plural: capsules
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