candle, taper, wax light
(noun) stick of wax with a wick in the middle
wick, taper
(noun) a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
taper
(noun) the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
taper
(noun) a convex shape that narrows toward a point
taper
(verb) diminish gradually; “Interested tapered off”
sharpen, taper, point
(verb) give a point to; “The candles are tapered”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
taper (plural tapers)
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.
taper (third-person singular simple present tapers, present participle tapering, simple past and past participle tapered)
(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
(intransitive) To diminish gradually.
• narrow
taper
Tapered; narrowing to a point.
taper (plural tapers)
(weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
Someone who works with tape or tapes.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ta"per, n. Etym: [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W. tampr.]
1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. Shak.
2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Ta"per, a. Etym: [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its form.]
Definition: Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.]
Definition: To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Ta"per, v. t.
Definition: To make or cause to taper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
