📖 Definitions of "Taper"
noun
- 1
A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- 2
(by extension) a small light.
- 3
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
"The legs of the table had a slight taper to them."
- 4
A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
verb
- 1
To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- 2
To diminish gradually.
adjective
- 1
Tapered; narrowing to a point.
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