1. Noun
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
2. Noun
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
3. Adjective
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
4. Verb
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
5. Verb
To make or cause to taper.
6. Verb
diminish gradually; "Interest tapered off"
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7. Noun
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
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