How to pronounce “taper”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A slender wax candle.
• (by extension) A small light.
• A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
• The portion of an object with such a form.
• (machining) Ellipsis of machine taper.
• A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
• A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
• (figurative) Gradual reduction over time.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
• (intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end.
• (ambitransitive) To diminish gradually.
• (intransitive, finance, of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.
• [Adjective]
• Tapered; narrowing to a point.

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