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time capsule

time capsule noun: a sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future.

Noun

time capsule (plural time capsules)

  1. A sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future.
    • Rail Minister Lord Hendy has placed a time capsule at Ravensthorpe, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project. Hendy was joined by Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, local schoolchildren and TRU apprentices at the burial of the time capsule, which will sit under foundations of a...2025 March 19, “News in pictures: Time capsule buried at Ravensthorpe”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 29, photo caption
  2. (figuratively) An object, place, or collection that encapsulates and preserves the characteristics, culture or essence of a particular time period, usually due to isolation or some specific external influence.
    • As we've seen, Belarus is a Soviet time capsule that continues only because Russia is keeping it on life support.2011, Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, page 135

time capsule meaning in Arabic, Malay, Indonesian and Persian

time capsule in Arabic

sealed container
كپسول زمان

time capsule in Malay

sealed container
kapsul masa

time capsule in Indonesian

sealed container
kapsul waktu

time capsule in Persian

sealed container
کپسول زمان
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time capsule in Thai
แคปซูลกาลเวลา

Forms of time capsule

pluraltime capsules

Questions about time capsule

What does time capsule mean?
Time capsule means a sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future.
What is time capsule in Arabic?
Time capsule in Arabic is كپسول زمان. See Time capsule meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is time capsule?
Time capsule is a noun.
What is the plural of time capsule?
The plural of time capsule is time capsules.

Words near time capsule in the dictionary

  1. time boxes
  2. time burglar
  3. time burglars
  4. time candle
  5. time candles
  6. time capsule
  7. time capsules
  8. time card
  9. time cards
  10. time catch
  11. time change

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