telescopes
n. countablen. tube-shaped tools that use lenses and mirrors to make distant objects look closer and larger. You use them to look at things like stars, planets, or far-away ships.
n. optical instruments designed to make distant objects appear nearer and larger by using an arrangement of lenses and curved mirrors. Refers to the physical devices used in astronomy or terrestrial observation.
The children used small telescopes to look at the moon.
Modern astronomers use powerful telescopes located on high mountains to capture clear images of distant galaxies.
While early telescopes relied on simple glass lenses, contemporary deep-space observatories utilize massive segmented mirrors to detect light from the very edges of the observable universe.
The plural form of 'telescope'; takes a plural verb.