time capsule
time capsule
Definition
☆ time capsule
noun
a container in which articles, documents, etc. representative of current civilization are encased, to be buried or otherwise preserved for a future age
time capsule
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- life: The historic barrack rooms are a time capsule of the domestic life of the Scottish soldier.
- era: Participation is a pioneering video documentary, and a free-form time capsule of an era.
- wisdom: For thousands of years historical sources have told of a forgotten time capsule of ancient wisdom located in a massive labyrinth.
Converse of object
- create: Finally, why not truly make it a night to remember by creating a time capsule together.
- become: This section looks at why shipwrecks are important and how they become time capsules for archeologists.
- place: The intention would be to preserve and maintain the structure and to recreate the original look and perhaps place a time capsule inside.
- put: During this work ancient beams were exposed and a time capsule put in place.
- forget: For thousands of years historical sources have told of a forgotten time capsule of ancient wisdom located in a massive labyrinth.
- represent: Raised in 1982, she was a favorite of King Henry VIII, and represents a perfect time capsule of Tudor life on board.
Adjective modifier
- digital: As with other underground time capsules, it is under the skin that this digital time capsule projects itself into the future.
- veritable: As such it is a veritable time capsule describing, among other notable achievements, targeted recombinants for relating genetic differences to pathogenesis.
- other: As with other underground time capsules, it is under the skin that this digital time capsule projects itself into the future.
- underground: As with other underground time capsules, it is under the skin that this digital time capsule projects itself into the future.
- medieval: Like a medieval time capsule, the contents of this seated Buddha have revealed hidden details of its production and worship in Tibet.
Noun used with modifier
- millenium: A millenium time capsule was buried beneath the sundial.
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