capsule

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    a small container

  3. 3

    a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    a structure that encloses a body part

  6. 6

    a shortened version of a written work

  7. 7

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

verb

  1. 1

    put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

    capsulize the news

  2. 2

    enclose in a capsule

Synonyms

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