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time capsule definition

☆ time capsule

a container in which articles, documents, etc. representative of current civilization are encased, to be buried or otherwise preserved for a future age

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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