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1. A small container
    
2. A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
    
3. A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
    
4. A shortened version of a written work
   - condensation, abridgement, abridgment
    
5. A structure that encloses a body part
    
6. A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
   - space capsule
    
7. A pilot's seat in an aeroplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
   - ejection seat [N. Amer], ejector seat [Brit]

1. Enclose in a capsule
   - capsulate, capsulize, capsulise [Brit]
    
2. Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
   - encapsulate, capsulize, capsulise [Brit]

Derived forms: capsuled, capsules, capsuling

Type of: anatomical structure, ballistic capsule, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, concentrate, condense, container, digest, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer], enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, lozenge, pericarp, pill, seat, seed vessel, space vehicle, spacecraft, structure, summary, sum-up, tab, tablet, wrap, wrap-up

Part of: cockpit

Encyclopedia: Capsule