noun

telescope

telescope

He looked at the stars through a telescope.

He looked at the stars through a telescope.

The Hubble Space Telescope is very famous.

The Hubble Space Telescope is very famous.

((through a ~)) using a telescope to see something He looked at the stars through a telescope.

binoculars, spyglass

From Greek 'tele' (far off) and 'skopos' (watcher). It means 'far-seeing'.

Break it down: TELE (far) + SCOPE (to look at). It's a tool for looking at things that are far away.

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