plural of taper; thin candles used for lighting other candles.

A slender wax candle. / (by extension) A small light. / A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.

(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end. / (intransitive) To diminish gradually. / (intransitive) (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.

Tapered; narrowing to a point.

(weaving) One who operates a tape machine. / Someone who works with tape or tapes.

simple past tense and past participle of taper

Narrowing gradually towards a point. / (obsolete) Lit with a taper.

present participle of taper

A tapered shape.

plural of tapering