telescoped (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *telescoped*:
ADJECTIVE	all	telescoped, shortened	shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another

English > *telescoped*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another.
Examples	"a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars" "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
Synonym	shortened
Broader	short	(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Spanish	acortado
Catalan	abreviat

HyperDic: telescoped