a small container

a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

a shortened version of a written work

[ Syn: condensation , abridgement , abridgment ]

a structure that encloses a body part

a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

[ Syn: space capsule ]

a pilots seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

[ Syn: ejection seat , ejector seat ]

enclose in a capsule

[ Syn: capsulate , capsulize , capsulise ]

put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; capsulize the news

[ Syn: encapsulate , capsulize , capsulise ]