capsule

US /ˈkæpsul/

UK /'kæpsju:l/

B2

noun

  • Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
  • Part of a space craft where people live and work

adjecitve

  • Modifier a small version, with only key items

Examples

capsules containing a poisonous drug

To avoid capture by the enemy, he swallowed a cyanide capsule.