- telephoto
- telephoto elephoto n.
1. a {telephoto lens}.
[PJC]
2. a photograph taken using a {telephoto lens}. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
telephoto
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telephoto — adj. Telephoto is used with these nouns: ↑lens … Collocations dictionary
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