American English pronunciation
How to pronounce capsule
IPA transcription: ['kæpsəl]
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Noun
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a small container
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a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
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a shortened version of a written work
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a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
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a structure that encloses a body part
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a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
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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
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enclose in a capsule
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put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
“capsulize the news”
Usage examples
- The recovery team reached the capsule in minutes.
- Where's Mrs. Luke's box of capsules?
- They are then placed in the titanium time capsules.
- You put something wrong in those capsules.
- You put something wrong in those capsules.
- You put something wrong in those capsules.
- It features an egg-shaped crew capsule nicknamed the "blast bucket".
- The constituents are put into separate gelatin capsules.
- They are sold both in machine capsules and blind boxes.
- Take these capsules over to Mrs. David's house.