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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: capsule

1
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a small container
enclose in a capsule
2
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a shortened version of a written work
put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: capsule
1

n a small container

Types:
paintball
a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball
Type of:
container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

n a structure that encloses a body part

Types:
malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle
the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
eyeball, orb
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
lens capsule
a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
Type of:
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

n a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

Types:
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bilocular capsule
a capsule divided into two cells or compartments
boll
the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
siliqua, silique
narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae
silicle
short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants
Type of:
pericarp, seed vessel
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

n a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

Type of:
lozenge, pill, tab, tablet
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

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

Synonyms:
ejection seat, ejector seat
Type of:
seat
any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)

n a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

Synonyms:
space capsule
Type of:
ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft
a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

v enclose in a capsule

Synonyms:
capsulate, capsulise, capsulize
Type of:
enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
2

n a shortened version of a written work

Synonyms:
abridgement, abridgment, condensation
Type of:
sum-up, summary
a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

v put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

Synonyms:
capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate
Type of:
concentrate, condense, digest
make more concise
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