capsule

Noun
  1. A small container (synset 102961191)
    is a type of: 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)
    subtypes: paintball - a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball
  2. A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside (synset 102961022)
    is a type of: lozenge, pill, tab, tablet - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
  3. A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses (synset 111705648)
    is a type of: pericarp, seed vessel - the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
    subtypes:
    • bilocular capsule - a capsule divided into two cells or compartments
    • boll - the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
    • siliqua, silique - narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae
    has: peristome - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
  4. A shortened version of a written work (synset 106479794)
    is a type of: sum-up, summary - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
    same as: abridgement, abridgment, condensation
  5. A structure that encloses a body part (synset 105324741)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes:
  6. A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space (synset 104271875)
    is a type of: ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
    same as: space capsule
  7. A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency;
    Then the pilot descends by parachute (synset 103272379)
    is a type of: seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
    is a part of: cockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
    same as: ejection seat, ejector seat
Verb
  1. Enclose in a capsule (synset 201583919)
    is a type of: enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    same as: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize
  2. Put in a short or concise form;
    Reduce in volume (synset 200245302)
    "capsulize the news"
    is a type of: concentrate, condense, digest - make more concise
    same as: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate

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