capsule
noun
1. a small container
Definition categories: man–made, container
2. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
Definition categories: man–made, lozenge, pill, tab, tablet
3. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
Definition categories: plant, pericarp
4. a shortened version of a written work
Similar word(s): abridgement, abridgment, condensation
Definition categories: communication, summary
5. a structure that encloses a body part
Definition categories: body, structure
6. a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
Definition categories: man–made, spacecraft
7. a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
Definition categories: man–made, seat
verb
1. enclose in a capsule
Similar word(s): capsulate, capsulise, capsulize
Definition categories: contact, enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap
2. put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
- capsulize the news
Similar word(s): capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate
Definition categories: change, concentrate, condense, digest