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noun

capsule

CEFR B1

a small container

In a sentence

Six example sentences with capsule, each labelled with its topic.

  • The pharmacist explained that each capsule dissolves slowly, releasing its powder only after it reaches the intestine.

    Medicine

  • Engineers sealed the soil samples inside a titanium capsule that survived reentry and landed in the Utah desert.

    Science

  • Students buried a copper capsule of letters and photographs beneath the courtyard, to be opened in fifty years.

    History

  • Each coffee capsule holds five grams of grounds, sealed against the air until the machine punctures the foil.

    Cooking

  • Billions of used coffee capsules go to landfill each year, since the mix of aluminum and plastic resists recycling.

    Environment

  • Japanese arcades line their entrances with machines that drop a plastic capsule holding a random miniature figure.

    Gaming

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