What does "taper" mean?
Taper: A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Additional senses
- 2.Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
- 3.To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
- 4.To make or cause to taper.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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