English noun: capsule |
1. | capsule (artifact) a small container |
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| Broader (hypernym) | container |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | paintball |
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2. | capsule (artifact) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside |
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| Broader (hypernym) | lozenge, pill, tab, tablet |
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3. | capsule (plant) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses |
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| Broader (hypernym) | pericarp, seed vessel |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bilocular capsule, boll, siliqua, silique |
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| Part holonym | peristome |
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4. | capsule (communication) a shortened version of a written work |
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| Synonyms | abridgement, abridgment, condensation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sum-up, summary |
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5. | capsule (body) a structure that encloses a body part |
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| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | eyeball, lens capsule, malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, orb, renal corpuscle |
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6. | capsule (artifact) a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space |
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| Synonyms | space capsule |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft |
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7. | capsule (artifact) a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute |
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| Synonyms | ejection seat, ejector seat |
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| Broader (hypernym) | seat |
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| Part meronym | cockpit |
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English verb: capsule |
1. | capsule (contact) enclose in a capsule |
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| Synonyms | capsulate, capsulise, capsulize |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap |
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2. | capsule (change) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume |
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| Samples | Capsulize the news.
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| Synonyms | capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | concentrate, condense, digest |
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