lunette — meaning in English

English meaning

• telescope noun An optical instrument that makes distant objects look closer and larger, especially used to view the night sky.
• wishbone noun The forked bone found in a bird's breast, traditionally pulled apart by two people with the larger piece said to bring luck.

Senses

lunette is used for these senses in English:

• furcula (ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought.
• telescope A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
• toilet seat The hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, often with a hinged cover, of a toilet.

telescope — full definition

1. noun An optical instrument that makes distant objects look closer and larger, especially used to view the night sky.
2. verb To slide sections into one another so the whole thing collapses shorter, like the tube of a telescope.

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