taper
Meaning of taper
noun
- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- (by extension) a small light.
- 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.
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- To diminish gradually.
adjective
Tapered; narrowing to a point.
noun- One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
Information about taper
- The plural form of taper is: tapers.
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CatalanHyphenation of taper
ta-per
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- taper is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
taper synonyms
Meaning wick:
Meaning candle:
Meaning sharpen:
Meaning :
Anagrams of taper
Apert, apert, apter, parte, Pater, pater, peart, Petar, petar, Petra, prate, preta, terap, trape
Words that rhyme with taper
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