What does "taper" mean?

Taper: A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
  2. 3.To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
  3. 4.To make or cause to taper.

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