noun
- A magnifier of images of distant objects.
- synonyms: scope
verb
- Crush together or collapse.
- usage: "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
- Make smaller or shorter.
- usage: "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
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