Dictionary definition · capsule
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
verb
- enclose in a capsule
- put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume"capsulize the news"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).