telescope

Words with a similar base: telescope

'telescope'

[telescope.n.01] as in: a magnifier of images of distant objects

'telescope'

[telescope.v.01] as in: crush together or collapse

Examples:
In the accident, the cars telescoped
my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack

'telescope'

[telescope.v.02] as in: make smaller or shorter

Examples:
the novel was telescoped into a short play

Origins

					telescope (English)
├── -scope (English)
│   └── σκοπέω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│       └── σκέπτομαι (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── tele- (English)
    └── τῆλε (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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