telescope into

telescope into something

[for one cylindrical part of something] to fit down inside another part, thereby reducing the length of the whole. This part telescopes into this part. The tent poles telescoped into a small, compact unit.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
'Aviyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Roxanna	rahk-SAN-ə	English
Parry	-	Welsh
Yami	-	Hinduism
Erica	['erikə]
Ghislain	zheez-LEN, gee-LEN	French