{
    "term": "capsule",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small container that has a measured amount of a medicine inside and that dissolves (= becomes part of a liquid) when you swallow it (= make it go down your throat into your stomach)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The medicine can be taken in tablet or capsule form."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take two 30ml capsules a day."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["gelatin", "cyanide", "fish oil"],
                "verb + capsule": ["swallow", "take"],
                "capsule + verb": ["contain something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "To avoid capture, he swallowed a cyanide capsule."
                },
                {
                    "text": "capsules containing a poisonous drug"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the part of a spacecraft in which people travel and that often separates from the main rocket",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the cramped conditions of a space capsule"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a shell or container for seeds or eggs in some plants and animals",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkæpsjuːl/",
                "audio": "ca/capsule/capsule__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkæpsl//ˈkæpsuːl/",
                "audio": "ca/capsule/capsule__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the general sense ‘small container’): via French from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa related to capere ‘to hold’."
}