capsules

Meanings

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
• plural of capsule

Verb

• enclose in a capsule
• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
• third-person singular simple present indicative of capsule

Synonyms

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