Taper

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Taper

Taper : மெழுகு திரி

Taper definition

Noun.

  1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
  2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

Adjective. Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

Intransitive verb. To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

Transitive verb. To make or cause to taper.