capsule

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a small container
noun a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
noun a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

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

"It's what's inside the capsule." — On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell
The Saint Anthony was in a little white metal capsule. — A farewell to arms, Ernest Hemingway
There were still two charges and one capsule left in it. — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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