Capsule Meaning
/ˈkæps(ə)l/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA membranous envelope.
nounA type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
Sentence Examples
Take this capsule within thirty minutes of each meal.
This building is a capsule hotel lodging men and women.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The astronaut entered the tiny space ____ before being launched into orbit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The medicine is available in a small ____ that is easy to swallow.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp."
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
"If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred."
— 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The astronaut entered the tiny space ____ before being launched into orbit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The medicine is available in a small ____ that is easy to swallow.