capsule

A small container containing a dose of medicine.

A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.

[before a noun] (figurative) in a brief, condensed or compact form

One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.

A membranous envelope.

A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver

A membrane that surrounds the eyeball

A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.

A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.

A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

(old-fashioned) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.

To encapsulate or summarize.