telescope

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tele- + scope

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Singular
telescope

Plural
telescopes

  1. (countable) A telescope is a machine that is made up of a tube and lenses that is used to make things that are far away look larger. Often used by astronomers
    Freddy used the telescope to see the mountain fifty miles away.