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telescope
/ˈtɛlɪˌskəʊp/
noun
A tube with lenses that makes faraway things such as stars look closer.
- “The class used a telescope to look at the moon.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))