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tapered

/ˈteɪ.pə(ɹ)d/ UK
/ˈteɪ.pɚd/ US

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of taper

adjective more tapered · most tapered

Narrowing gradually towards a point.
obsolete Lit with a taper.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: narrowing, narrow, pointed, reduced, slender, sharp, polished, threaded, cone-shaped, conical, cone, erlenmeyer, thin, thinning, slim, slimmed

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adj narrowing to a point

Español	ahusado, ahusante
Português	cónico, adelgaçado
Deutsch	keilförmig, spitz zulaufend, konisch, tailliert, zugespitzt, angeschrägt
Русский	конический koničeskij, клиновидный klinovidnyj, заострённый zaostrjónnyj

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@misc{tapered_2026,
  title = {tapered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tapered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}