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What is the noun for taper?

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taper
  1. A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
  2. (by extension) a small light.
  3. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
  4. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. candle, spill, bougie, wick, glim, dip, rushlight, flame, light, match, torch, night light, wax light, wax candle, sconce, flambeau, nightlight, cierge, rush, cake candle, rush light, tallow candle, votary candle, paschal candle, Christmas candle, birthday candle, rush candle, narrowing, dwindling, thinning down … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “As the wick flared and settled, she placed the taper in a silver holder to allow it to burn out of its own accord.”
      “But it is not this graceful taper of the spire alone that will attract one's notice.”
taper
  1. (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
  2. Someone who works with tape or tapes.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. candle, spill, bougie, wick, glim, dip, rushlight, flame, light, match, torch, night light, wax light, wax candle, sconce, flambeau, nightlight, cierge, rush, cake candle, rush light, tallow candle, votary candle, paschal candle, Christmas candle, birthday candle, rush candle, narrowing, dwindling, thinning down … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “As the wick flared and settled, she placed the taper in a silver holder to allow it to burn out of its own accord.”
      “But it is not this graceful taper of the spire alone that will attract one's notice.”
taperness
  1. The quality or state of being tapered; tapering form.
taperer
  1. A person who carries a taper in a religious service
tapering
  1. A tapered shape.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. thinning, contraction, narrowing, tightening, lessening, reduction, restricting, reduction in width
  3. Examples:
      4. “These actions led to the tapering of the real-estate boom in Japan.”
tapers
  1. plural of taper; thin candles used for lighting other candles.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. candles, spills, bougies, wick, glims, dips, rushlights, flames, light, matches, torches, cierges, nightlights, rushes, paschal candles, sconces, flambeaus, narrowings, wedges, triangles, spires, chocks, cleats, cotters, prongs, quoins, shims, slices, blocks, chunks, sections, pieces, wodges, slivers, slabs, doorstops, fillers, fades, firebrands, brands, flares, cressets, lanterns, links, ribbons, strip, bands … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Then the amount of snowfall tapers off during the next 200 years of deglaciation.”
      “The pozi woodscrew is a metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver.”
      “After kissing the subject, he just tapers off, equivocates, engages in euphemism.”
taperings
  1. plural of tapering
  2. Synonyms:
      3. contractions, narrowings, tightenings, lessenings, reduction, constriction, shrinkings, compressions, squeezings, strictures, chokings, strangulation, tightness, astringencies, telescopings, stenoses, bottlenecks, pressure, condensation, compaction, squeezes, cramps … more
taperers
  1. plural of taperer
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