capsule
Nouns
- (n) a small container
- (n) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- (n) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
- (n) a shortened version of a written work abridgement, abridgment, condensation,
- (n) a structure that encloses a body part
- (n) a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space space capsule,
- (n) a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute ejection seat, ejector seat,
Verbs
- (v) enclose in a capsule capsulate, capsulise, capsulize,
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(v) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
- capsulize the news