kapsel

Definitions of kapsel
  1. noun
    the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
    synonyms: coiffure, coupe, frisuur, haardracht, haarstijl
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    Afro-look, afrolook, afrostijl, kroeshaar
    a rounded thickly curled hairdo
    pony
    a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
    haarstreng, haarvlecht, tres, vlecht
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    pompadoer
    a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
    paardenstaart, paardestaart
    a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
    Chinees, chineesje
    a plait of braided hair
    golfbeweging, ondulatie, slag, undulatie
    a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
    stekelhaar
    a closely cropped haircut; usually for men
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    beharing, haar, haardos, hoofdhaar, kuif, plantehaar, plantenhaar, pruik
    a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
  2. noun
    a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
    synonyms: capsule
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    vruchtwand, zaadbolster
    the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
  3. noun
    a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
    synonyms: doosvrucht
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    anticonceptiepil, gedenkplaat, gevelsteen, herdenkingsplaquette, opiumballetje, pil, plaquette, tablet, wandplaat
    a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
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