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Telescoped Definition & Meaning

telescoped
adjective
  1. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"

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What does telescoped mean?
shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
What part of speech is telescoped?
Telescoped is an adjective.

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