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taper

Taper is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter T and ends with the letter R for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence a small light.
(n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as the taper of a spire.
(a.) Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as taper fingers.
(v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
(v. t.) To make or cause to taper.

Syllable Information

The word taper is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for taper is: tap-er


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