معنی کلمه :‌ taper

To make or cause to taper.

To cover. -- n. A cover. [Disused except in illiterate speech.]

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

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

A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.