noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
capsule wardrobe
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Your capsule wardrobe will probably include a classic white shirt and a good pair of jeans.
space capsule
time capsule
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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Gemini was a much larger two-man capsule that was designed to be highly manoeuvrable in space.
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Microscopic: The worms have large shallow buccal capsules which have up to 10 teeth at their base.
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They are white with a markedly truncated and enlarged anterior end due to the presence of the very large buccal capsule .
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The larger ones lay larger capsules from which larger embryos emerge and grow faster.
■ NOUN
space
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One modern example is a space capsule in orbit around the earth; another is a capsule falling radially toward the Earth.
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The Lake Buena Vista hotel also plans Kidsuites designed as futuristic space capsules and igloos.
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A door at the rear of the room led to a bathroom that looked like it would fit into a space capsule .
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A closed-loop system constantly recycles the same materials over and over again, just as Bio2 does or a space capsule should.
time
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The new exhibition areas will allow the Trust to display even more of the contents of this remarkable time capsule .
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Music greeted us when we walked through the old swinging doors, original doors that led to the Delaney time capsule .
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Your donations should be sent to Oxford Preservation Trust, and you will be sent the time capsule .
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Unlike ourselves, future archaeologists will have the benefit of written records, of time capsules and so forth.
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A time capsule containing personal messages of hope for the next generation will be buried during closing ceremonies.
■ VERB
take
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I take odourless garlic capsules because I assume that they carry the same benefits as fresh garlic.
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They took the capsules daily for six months.
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So are there benefits in taking the odourless garlic capsules or are they a waste of time?
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Alternatively, it can be taken in tablet or capsule form.
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Voice over During her treatment, Christine was taking these jelly like capsules .
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Half of the patients are taking dummy capsules ... the other half are taking a drug made from fish oil.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An opportunistic dealer can make four capsules from one, although it clearly won't make people four times as happy.
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For small early beets, sow small pots with 2-3 capsules and plant out seedling clusters unthinned.
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Inside the airtight iron capsule , it was a different story.
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Music greeted us when we walked through the old swinging doors, original doors that led to the Delaney time capsule .
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One capsule of the good stuff can be split into several capsules and mixed with assorted cutting agents.
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The stay of Johnson and Boswell at Cawdor manse captures Johnson in a neat capsule .
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They took the capsules daily for six months.