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