Capsule
WordNet
noun
(1) A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
(2) A small container
(3) A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
(4) A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
(5) A structure that encloses a body part
(6) A shortened version of a written work
(7) A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
verb
(8) Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
"Capsulize the news"
(9) Enclose in a capsule
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A membranous envelope.
- A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
- A detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crew's living space.
- A small container containing a dose of medicine.
- A weasel, in Suffolk slang.