How many syllables in telescopes?

There are 3 syllables in the word telescopes.

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How to pronounce telescopes:

Definition of telescopes:

telescopes (noun):: an optical instrument for making distant objects appear closer by use of a combination of lenses; a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror compare reflector, refractor

Synonyms for telescopes:

boils down

capsules

collapses

compacts

compresses

condenses

consolidates

constricts

constringes

contracts

narrows (down)

packs

simplifies

squeezes

Antonyms for telescopes:

compound microscopes

electron microscopes

light microscopes

microscopes

optical microscopes

simple microscopes

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