- noun
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- length of wax-covered thread like a very thin candle burned to give light or to light other candles, etc [Barron]
- verb
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- progressively narrowed toward one end [Taisha]
More word meanings for taper
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- Wiktionary:
- taper @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- taper @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- taper @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- taper @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- taper @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- taper @ Answers.com
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