capsule

Meaning

Noun

1. A membranous envelope.
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.
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.
7. A small container containing a dose of medicine.
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.
13. One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.

Verb

1. (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
2. (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

Synonyms

capsulise

capsulize

pill

💊

cap

ejector seat

encapsulate

hood

space capsule

ejection seat

condensation

tablet

case

abridgment

pod

condense

capsulate

pellet

abridgement

capsula

follicle

boll

pouch

👝

abstract

spaceship

detonator

dehiscent

cyst

bag

covering

diaphragm

cot

pericarp

capitulation

aril

concentrate

compendium

bursa

hydatid

compact

holster

cod

jacket

membrane

pack

bottle cap

percussion cap

guard

💂

form

cocoon

etui

Translations

capsule

Kapsel

càpsula

cápsula

capsula

cápsula

capsule

doosvrucht

κάψουλα

gélule

kapseltje

cassula

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæps(ə)l/

Etymology

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