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telescope

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Noun

a magnifier of images of distant objects

Verb

make smaller or shorter
- the novel was telescoped into a short play

crush together or collapse
- In the accident, the cars telescoped
- my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "telescope":
telescope telescopy
Words contain "telescope":
astronomical telescope cassegrainian telescope coude telescope galilean telescope gregorian telescope herschelian telescope maksutov telescope newtonian telescope optical telescope radio telescope more...
Words contain "telescope" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
galileo galileo galilei reflecting telescope reflector collimator telescope transit heliometer radio reflector radio telescope more...

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