capsule
English Thesaurus
1. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | lozenge, pill, tab, tablet, |
| definition | : | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet (noun.artifact) |
2. a small container (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | container, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | paintball, |
| definition | : | a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball (noun.artifact) |
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 (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | seat, |
| definition | : | any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | cockpit, |
| definition | : | compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft (noun.artifact) |
4. a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space (noun.artifact)
5. a structure that encloses a body part (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | eyeball, orb, |
| definition | : | the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lens capsule, |
| definition | : | a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye (noun.body) |
6. a shortened version of a written work (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | sum-up, summary, |
| definition | : | a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form (noun.communication) |
7. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | pericarp, seed vessel, |
| definition | : | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bilocular capsule, |
| definition | : | a capsule divided into two cells or compartments (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | boll, |
| definition | : | the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | siliqua, silique, |
| definition | : | narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | peristome, |
| definition | : | (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule (noun.plant) |
8. put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume (verb.change)
9. enclose in a capsule (verb.contact)
10. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside (noun.artifact)
11. a shortened version of a written work (noun.communication)
12. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | capsular, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a capsule (adj.pert) |
13. put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume (verb.change)
14. enclose in a capsule (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | capsule, |
| definition | : | a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside (noun.artifact) |
15. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside (noun.artifact)
16. a shortened version of a written work (noun.communication)
17. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | capsular, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a capsule (adj.pert) |
18. put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume (verb.change)
19. enclose in a capsule (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | capsule, |
| definition | : | a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside (noun.artifact) |
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