Taper

What do we mean by taper?

A small or very slender candle. noun

A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps. noun

A source of feeble light. noun

A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object. noun

A gradual decrease, as in action or force. noun

To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end. intransitive verb

To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off. intransitive verb

To make thinner or narrower at one end. intransitive verb

To make smaller gradually. intransitive verb

Gradually decreasing in size toward a point. adjective

A gradual decrease of power or capacity. noun

A candle, especially a very slender candle; any device for giving light by the agency of a wick coated with combustible matter. noun

Long and becoming slenderer toward the point; becoming small toward one end.

Diminished; reduced.

To become taper; become gradually slenderer; grow less in diameter; diminish in one direction.

To diminish; grow gradually less.

To spring up in or as in a tall, tapering form.

To stop slowly or by degrees; cease gradually.

To cause to taper; make gradually smaller, especially in diameter; cause to diminish toward a point.

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

A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.

Words that are spelled similarly to taper:
taper, paper, tape, caper, tamper, taser, tapir, gaper, taker, taped, toper, tater, aper, tamer, raper, tapper, taber, taler, japer, taxer, tapes, tawer, tapet, tauer, kaper, typer, taher, tapen, tazer, taver, taer, tapar, tapvr, laper, tapfer, tapr, saper, teper.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word taper:
labellum, tapered, dihedral, shank, outboard, forum, cymbal, tooling, inwards, spindle, trailing, flare, spar, flaps, repertory, tips, clipper, candle, candles, tip, spikes, clippers, milling, plywood, thickness, cartridge, playhouse, socket, drill, threads, morse, boiler, pins, elliptical, thread, diameter, chord, edges, hairs, magnum, blade, flattened, gaps, pin, pasadena, petals, blades, cylindrical, curved, rounded, apex, angle, rep, lip, fuselage, shoulders, tool, width, span, slender, tooth, basal, flowers, shakespeare, inches, los, barrel, fin, edge, theater, theatre, rod, shoulder, rim, angles, ratio, sharp, broadway, hollow, kirk, bullet, shaft, slightly, pointed, outer, root, thick, dimensions, tail, geometry, fitted, log, thin, leaf, fit, holes, ends, lift, stem, pipe.

Words that rhyme with taper:
paper, caper, vapor, newspaper, gaper, skyscraper, scraper, draper, wallpaper, shaper, raper, sandpaper, white paper, flypaper, landscaper, water vapor, on paper, wastepaper, crepe paper, toilet paper, litmus paper, laid paper, carbon paper, rice paper, commercial paper, cartridge paper, test paper, butcher paper, tissue paper, tar paper, wax paper, kraft paper, bond paper, graph paper, schaper, filter paper, india paper, letter paper, manila paper, construction paper, bean caper, cigarette paper, wrapping paper, emery paper, manilla paper, piece of paper, tracing paper, wove paper, linen paper, order paper, rag paper, common caper, ledger paper, art paper, historical paper, pad of paper, sheet of paper, blueprint paper, kapor, rolling paper, writing paper, slip of paper, graper, roofing paper, drawing paper, score paper, syrian bean caper, typewriter paper, music paper, transfer paper, computer paper, photographic paper, lapre, away per, che per, che pur, clay per, day per, decay per, delay per, display per, dna per, drape her, escape her, fe per, hay per, holiday per, j per, k per, lei per, mcpaper, outlay per, pay per, play per, prey per, ray per, re per, reshape her, say per, scrape her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe taper:
lighted, slight, gradual, long, little, small, standard, single, slow, double, waxen, straight, uniform, linear, rapid, short, proper, dim, correct, internal, smooth, conical, yellow, gentle, extinguished, radial, exponential, critical, solitary, less, feeble, tall, front, back, thin, excessive, oral, reverse, regular, steep, sharp, tiny, inch, external, degree, week, cosine, pronounced, sickly, forward, continuous, burning, abrupt, slim, pale, consecrated, slender, curved, inside, corresponding, minimum, day, downward, paschal, longer, sufficient, outside, holy, glowing, distant, quick, upward, steroid.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective taper:
fingers, pins, relief, angle, ratio, cheers, attachment, legs, line, light, fit, bearings, joint, shanks, holes, joints, pin, bearers, finger, work, dose, reamers, spire, threads, roller, form, keys, upwards, shank, turning, waist, sections, downwards, lines, piles, dosage, candles, length, ground, head, taps, point, angles, drill, fits, burns, lights, gleam, plugs, method, end, tap, hands, section, discontinuation, off, shape, drills, gages, attachments, design, thread, ends, holder, ratios, purposes, potentiometer, tube, wax, seat, hole, pile, fig, stands, tables, trees, sockets, cutting, sectioning, ring, boring, curves, box, spars, pipes, cypresses, bolts, allowance, pieces, bearing, outward, master, worm, holders, waists, gauges.

Consonant match to taper:
typo, topper, tepee, teepee, toupee, toper, topee, tupper, tipper, tippy, taipei, tapper, type a, topoi, tappa, tipo, topor, taupo, type o, tupa, tepper, topau, tippee, topo-, tipa, tippie, t p, teper, tapie, tupy, t pay, t per, ta pa, ta pay, tai po, tap a, tap e, tap he, tap her, tap o, tape a, tape he, tape her, tape per, te p, te per, te po, tea per, tee pee, ti p, tip a, tip he, tip her, tip o, to p, to pay, toe per, top a, top e, top eye, top he, top her, top high, top i, top o, top p, top pay, tu per, two p, two per, type e, type he, type her, type p, type per.

Words that sound like taper:
taper, topper, tipper, tapper, typer, tabor, tupper, taber, toper, tepper, teper, topor, tabour, tape, tuber, tapir, tiber, tapered, tober, tapers, tubber, taher, tibor, tobar, tauber, deeper, diaper, dapper, dipper, shaper, doper, duper, depper, dopper, dupper, schaper, depr, tear, tap, temper, tar, stopper, tapes, stupor, teer, tater, teepee, taped, tamper, steeper, stepper, tep, tator, tepee, taupe, teir, tair, tapa, tabe, teare, tappy, tee pee, stooper, stoper, taur, tarr, tapp, tappers, tepe, tempor, tabler, teep, tapie, taibi, taire, tappe, tappa, tabes, tapi, teip, teap, tampere, tauer, t.a, taar, tahr, tawer, tabora, teor, tarre, taip, tepa, t.p, taap, t p, taipa, taipeh, tapete, tawp, tapfer.