capsule

1. (noun) a pill in the form of a small rounded container with medicine inside
Related Words: lozenge, pill, tablet

2. (noun) a small container (as one holding electronic equipment)
Related Words: container

3. (noun) a structure that encloses a body part
Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, eyeball, malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, orb, structure

4. (noun) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
Related Words: bilocular capsule, boll, pericarp, seed vessel, siliqua, silique

5. (noun) a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
Synonyms: space capsule
Related Words: ballistic capsule, command module, space vehicle, spacecraft

6. (noun) 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
Related Words: seat

7. (noun) a shortened version of a written work
Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, condensation
Related Words: summarization, summary



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