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We found 39 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word taper:
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General dictionaries General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. taper: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. taper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. taper: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. taper: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Taper: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. taper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. taper: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. taper: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. taper: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. taper (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. taper: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. taper: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Taper (Musical Instruments), Taper (cymbal), Taper (disambiguation), Taper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  14. taper: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
  15. Taper: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  16. taper: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  17. taper: Rhymezone [home, info]
  18. taper: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  19. taper: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  20. taper: All About Homonyms [home, info]
  21. Taper: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
  22. taper: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  23. taper: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  24. taper: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  25. taper: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  26. taper: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Taper: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taper: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. taper: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  2. Taper (disambiguation), taper: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. TAPER: Acronym Finder [home, info]
  2. TAPER: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
  3. taper: Idioms [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Taper: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
  2. taper: mda Archaeological Objects Thesaurus [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Taper: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
  2. Taper: Dictionary of Candlemaking Terms [home, info]
  3. taper: Rane Professional Audio Reference [home, info]
  4. Taper: Sweetwater Music [home, info]

Quick definitions (taper)

noun:  the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
noun:  a convex shape that narrows toward a point
noun:  stick of wax with a wick in the middle
noun:  a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
verb:  diminish gradually ("Interested tapered off")
verb:  give a point to ("The candles are tapered")
name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #53888)

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Phrases that include taper:   taper off, taper pin, a taper, b taper, bell taper, more...

Words similar to taper:   candle, point, sharpen, tapered, tapering, wick, acuminate, thin, wax light, more...


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