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# capsule

noun (a capsule, capsules)

«capsule» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A capsule is a small tube-shaped container of medicine you swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#m1)
2. A space capsule is a small part of a spacecraft where astronauts sit, which can come back to Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#m2)
3. A time capsule is a box of things buried or kept for people in the future to open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#m3)
4. In plants, a capsule is a seed case that splits open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#m4)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons pupils learn never to take capsules or tablets unless a trusted adult gives them. In science and space topics astronauts return in a capsule. In class pupils make a time capsule to open later. Also used for coffee pods and laundry capsules, which are dangerous if swallowed.

### Examples

- Take one capsule twice a day with water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#x1)
- The astronauts splashed down in their capsule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#x2)
- Our class buried a time capsule in the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#x3)
- Never eat laundry capsules, they are poisonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#x4)
- The poppy's seed capsule rattles when shaken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#x5)
- The capsule was too big for me to swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/#x6)

### Note

Sounds like «CAP-syool» or «CAP-sule». Medicine capsules can look like sweets — never take them without an adult. Plural «capsules».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «capsule» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsule/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«capsule» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/capsule.html) on Mova free.