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Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Taper" Definition
noun
A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A gradual decrease, as in action or force.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A small or very slender candle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A source of feeble light.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Gradually decreasing in size toward a point.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Progressively narrowed toward one end.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Furnished with or adjusted to a scale.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-intransitive
To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off: The storm finally tapered off.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To make smaller gradually.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To make thinner or narrower at one end.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To become progressively smaller toward one end.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To diminish gradually.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to taper.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end:.
Source: Oxford Dictionary
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