TIME CAPSULE Definition & Meaning

time capsule

noun

a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.

time capsule

noun

a container holding articles, documents, etc, representative of the current age, buried in the earth or in the foundations of a new building for discovery in the future

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of time capsule¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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The movie is too relevant to be consigned to a time capsule.

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Four months after an inferno ripped through Altadena, a time capsule of rubble and the shells of gutted shops and restaurants still line the business district of North Lake Avenue.

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The BBC News website has an archive of reports from this election, a time capsule of the way politics used to be.

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The paper with the names on was kept and stored in the middle of a book, a time capsule of sorts to find at a later date.

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It is, exactly as Adebimpe suggested, akin to a mixtape that acts as a time capsule for a portentous period for an individual as much as the collective.

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