capsule

CEFRB1

/ˈkæps(ə)l/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small container, often a shell holding medicine.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small spacecraft or sealed container.

Examples

  • Take this capsule within thirty minutes of each meal.

  • This building is a capsule hotel lodging men and women.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkæpsjuːl/
  • /ˈkæpʃuːl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

  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 membranous envelope.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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