SLEEPING CAPSULE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

Synonyms:

sleeping capsule; sleeping draught; sleeping pill; sleeping tablet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sleeping capsule" is a kind of...):

lozenge; pill; tab; tablet (a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet)

hypnotic; soporific (a drug that induces sleep)

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