Definition of Taper

Noun

  • stick of wax with a wick in the middle
    - wax light
  • a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
  • the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
  • a convex shape that narrows toward a point

Verb

  • give a point to
    "The candles are tapered"
  • diminish gradually
    "Interested tapered off"
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Unscramble taper

61 unscramble word found using the letters taper.
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