- telescope, scope - a magnifier of images of distant objects
--1 is a kind of magnifier
--1 has parts:
--1 has particulars:aperture; finder, viewfinder, view finder; prism, optical prism astronomical telescope; collimator; solar telescope; transit instrument
- telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
--1 is one way to squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- telescope - make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
--2 is one way to digest, condense, concentrate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- telescope - make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"