NOUN | artifact | capsule | a small container |
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artifact | capsule | a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside | |
plant | capsule | a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses | |
communication | capsule, condensation, abridgement, abridgment | a shortened version of a written work | |
body | capsule | a structure that encloses a body part | |
artifact | capsule, space capsule | a spacecraft designed to transport / transport people and support human life in outer space | |
artifact | capsule, ejection seat, ejector seat | a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency | |
VERB | contact | capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise | enclose in a capsule |
change | capsule, encapsulate, capsulize, capsulise | put in a short / short or concise form |
Sounds | kae'psahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A small container. | |
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Narrower | paintball | A capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game / game of paintball |
Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
Adjectives | capsular | of or relating to a capsule |
Meaning | A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside. | |
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Broader | pill, lozenge, tablet, tab | A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
Spanish | cápsula | |
Catalan | càpsula | |
Adjectives | capsular | of or relating to a capsule |
Verbs | capsulate | enclose in a capsule |
Meaning | A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses. | |
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Parts | peristome | (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule |
Narrower | bilocular capsule | A capsule divided into two cells or compartments |
boll | The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant | |
silique, siliqua | Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae | |
Broader | pericarp, seed vessel | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
Spanish | cápsula | |
Catalan | càpsula | |
Adjectives | bicapsular | divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule |
capsular | of or relating to a capsule |
Meaning | A shortened version of a written work. | |
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Synonyms | condensation, abridgement, abridgment | |
Broader | summary, sum-up | A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form |
Spanish | abreviación, abreviatura, cápsula, compendio, condensación, reducción, resumen | |
Catalan | abreujament, abreviació, càpsula, resum | |
Verbs | capsulize, capsulise | put in a short / short or concise form |
Meaning | A structure that encloses a body part. | |
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Narrower | eyeball, orb | The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye |
lens capsule | A tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye | |
malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle | The capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron | |
Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
Spanish | cápsula | |
Catalan | càpsula | |
Adjectives | capsular | of or relating to a capsule |
capsular | resembling a capsule |
Meaning | A spacecraft designed to transport / transport people and support human life in outer space. | |
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Synonym | space capsule | |
Broader | spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehicle | A craft capable of traveling in outer space |
Spanish | cápsula espacial | |
Catalan | càpsula espacial |
Meaning | 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 | |
Part of | cockpit | compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft |
Broader | seat | Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) |
Spanish | asiento eyectable, cápsula |
Meaning | enclose in a capsule. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | capsulate, capsulize, capsulise | |
Broader | envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering |
Spanish | encapsular |
Meaning | put in a short / short or concise form; reduce in volume. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | encapsulate, capsulize, capsulise | |
Broader | digest, condense, concentrate | make more concise |
Spanish | comprimir, condensar | |
Catalan | comprimir, condensar |
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