capsule

Meanings

Plural: capsules

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
• 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 membranous envelope.
• A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
• A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
• A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
• A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
• A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
• A small container containing a dose of medicine.
• in a brief, condensed or compact form
• The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
• A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
• A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
• A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
• One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.

Verb

• enclose in a capsule
• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
• To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
• To encapsulate or summarize.

Synonyms

abridgement, abridgment, capsulate, capsulise, capsulize, condensation, ejection seat, ejector seat, encapsulate, pod, space capsule