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