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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EverittEV-ə-ritEnglish (Rare)
Alf[ælf]
FriedeFREE-dəGerman
Jocky-Scottish
Tisiphone-Greek Mythology
AsİL-Turkish