capsule

Meaning of capsule

noun
  1. A membranous envelope.
  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 sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
  4. A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
  5. A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
  6. A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
  7. A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  8. In a brief, condensed or compact form
  9. The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
  10. A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
  11. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
  12. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
verb
  1. To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
  2. To encapsulate or summarize.

Information about capsule

Hyphenation of capsule

cap-sule

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • capsule is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

capsule synonyms

Meaning condensation:

condensation, abridgement, abridgment

Meaning capsulate:

capsulate, capsulize

Meaning encapsulate:

encapsulate, capsulize

Translation of capsule

Anagrams of capsule

scaleup, specula, upscale

Words that rhyme with capsule

casule, Spansule, spansule, encapsule, microcapsule, ovicapsule, pseudocapsule, renicapsule, Alersule, fossule, clausule

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