taper
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈteɪpər/
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- The entryway was quite spacious, tapers burning everywhere to light up the great hall and dispel the darkness she had glimpsed.
- taper candles
- light tapers
- beeswax tapers
Examples
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Beatrice blows out the taper that she has been using to light the candles.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ada sat alone in the parlor with one taper lit.
Fiction book (1997) -
Lighting a candle with a taper, she went upstairs.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her nurse had already blown out the lamps, leaving a single taper burning in the middle of the floor.
Fiction book (1999) -
Lighting a taper, he checked the crossbows and trip lines.
Fiction book (2000) -
The leopard-woman rose and went to the fire, taking and lighting a taper from the mantelpiece.
Fiction book (1993) -
I finished the ballad and took up a taper to light the candles in the wall sconces.
Fiction book (1994) -
Two sky-blue tapers burn driplessly next to wildflowers I brought back from the farm a few weeks ago.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the ceremony, each guest held a taper to light the candles on the altar.
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She used a taper to ignite the decorative candles placed around the room.
Synonyms
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A stick or block of wax with a wick that you burn for light
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A candle made by putting a wick into wax many times
A stick of wax with a wick that gives light
A thin candle made from the dried stem of a water plant soaked in animal fat for light
A candle that uses a plant stem as the wick and animal fat to make light
Compounds
- Specialized
A hand tool with edges that narrow to a point for shaping and smoothing metal or wood
How Thin
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Taper for a thin candle is easy to remember: picture a long, skinny candle that narrows to a point. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to link the candle image with the idea of narrowing, so the word 'taper' means that slim candle.