Meaning

13 senses
  1. A membranous envelope.

    Kapsel

    ка́псулаkápsula

    ка́псулаkápsula

  2. A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.

    Kapsel

    коро́бочкаkoróbočka

  3. A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

  4. A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver

  5. A membrane that surrounds the eyeball

  6. A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.

    Kapsel

    ка́псулаkápsula

    ка́псулаkápsula

  7. A small container containing a dose of medicine.

    Kapsel

    ка́псулаkápsula

    ка́псулаkápsula

    a small container

  8. (attributive, figuratively)In a brief, condensed or compact form

  9. The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.

  10. (dated)A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

  11. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

  12. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Take two capsules after a meal.

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  2. Tom slept at a capsule hotel.

  3. Yanni stayed in a capsule hotel.

  4. Ziri dug up a time capsule.

  5. This toy was in a capsule.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
physiology: membranous envelope:
Русский
By meaning 2
physiology: membranous envelope:
botany: seed-case:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
physiology: membranous envelope:

Origin

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

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Forms

plural: capsules
Singularcapsule
Pluralcapsules

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space:space capsule
  • a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute:ejection seatejector seat
  • a shortened version of a written work:condensationabridgementabridgment

Word family

37 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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