Noun

• S: (n) taper (a convex shape that narrows toward a point)
• S: (n) taper (the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone))
• S: (n) wick, taper (a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame)
• S: (n) candle, taper, wax light (stick of wax with a wick in the middle)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• part meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

Verb

• S: (v) taper (diminish gradually) "Interested tapered off"
• S: (v) sharpen, taper, point (give a point to) "The candles are tapered"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) acuminate (make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• phrasal verb
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) taper [Related to: taper] (the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone))
• W: (n) taper [Related to: taper] (a convex shape that narrows toward a point)
• W: (n) point [Related to: point] (a V shape) "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
• W: (n) point [Related to: point] (sharp end) "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
• W: (n) point [Related to: point] (the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip)
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