Taper is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TAPER in dictionary:

VERB:
• to become gradually narrower
• diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end
• gradually lessen
• To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
• To make or cause to taper.
• diminish gradually
• give a point to
NOUN:
• a slender candle
• a wick coated with wax, used for conveying a flame.
• a gradual narrowing
• a gradual or incremental reduction
• 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.
• a convex shape that narrows toward a point
• the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
• stick of wax with a wick in the middle
ADJECTIVE:
• Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to become gradually narrower toward one end

Words related to TAPER

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How to use TAPER in a sentence

• As it came nearer, he grew silent, and, going to the door-way with his taper, stood looking out towards the sound.
• He saw her retreating, the taper lighting up her marble face, her scarlet lip quivering, and her shining golden hair.
• It should be moderate in length, rather short than long, thick at the root, and taper quickly to a fine point.
• The lightning was the taper bright, The thunder was the melody, To which they danced with horrid glee.
• I could perceive, by the little taper in my hand, something extraordinary in his countenance.
• During this period of mourning she spent her time in a closed room, lit only by a wax taper, and was dressed wholly in white.
• He was tall, had a large forehead, straight nose, a clearly cut mouth, beautiful teeth, with fine taper hands, indicative of a highly nervous temperament.
• A thin spiral thread of black smoke rose from the taper.
• The night taper, standing on the hearth, burned low.
• We followed each other in Indian file, stooping low, each with a wax taper burning dimly in the damp atmosphere, and presenting a most picturesque appearance.
• The main room of the house was now in darkness, but a smaller room adjoining it was lit by candles, and by a tiny taper floating before a crucifix.
• If your natural taper of illumination is stuck into a dark lantern, and its light only can flash upon the soul when some Mr.
• The presence of Miss Dale illuminated him as the burning taper lights up consecrated plate.
• The strips used are about five-eighths of an inch thick at the middle, and taper to about three-eighths of an inch at the ends.
• Anne had the taper alight, and the wax held to it, the note ready in her hand, when the room-door was thrown open by Mrs.
• I got up again, lighted a taper, and peeping as into a pair of reluctant jaws, perceived that the manuscript was verse.
• Thence he was conducted into a magnificent bed-chamber, where the light of a single taper shed a dim glimmer through the apartment.
• In Strassburg a hog and a goat may be seen carrying a sleeping fox as a sacred relic, in advance a bear with a cross and a wolf with a taper.
• The drooping fingers of the Saviour taper delicately, with long almond-shaped nails.
• A gust of wind from the sea blew in, which bent back the flame of the taper in his hand, and then across the threshold stepped the youngest son.
• Inside, the chests were open, and in the top of one the light of her taper shone upon the glittering of the brooch.
• I often perceive his face clouded with care, and am told that his taper is sometimes burning at midnight.
• Around her loom the vacant rooms, Wind the upward stairs, She climbs on into a loneliness Only her taper shares.
• I recover like a spent taper, for a flash, And instantly go out.
• On searching I found them under the seat, each furnished with a thick wax taper.
• They are in colour, both on back and belly, much like a sole, of great width across the shoulders, and then taper away to a very fine tail.
• Face after face could be singled out as beautiful, and the scant dresses revealed taper forms.
• Dark though it was, he could see the taper masts and yards of his vessel traced dimly against the sky.
• Having repeated the prayers which his piety suggested, he extinguished the almost exhausted taper, and threw himself upon the bed.

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