English English Dictionary

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

To make or cause to taper.