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# taper

«taper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long thin candle, used for lighting other candles or lamps** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tapers); verb (taper, tapers, tapered, tapering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A taper is a long thin candle, used for lighting other candles or lamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taper/#m1)

2) To taper is to become gradually narrower towards one end, like a pointed pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taper/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old houses, a taper is a thin candle that gives a small light; «the tapers were lit» means the candles were lit

### examples

- The taper flickered in the dark hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taper/#x1)
- She lit the tapers on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taper/#x2)
- The tower tapers to a point at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taper/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «taper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.