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tapered
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective tapered has 1 sense
- tapered(s = adj.all) narrowing, tapering - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
CIDE DICTIONARY
tapered, a.
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
tapered
acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, cone-shaped, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, taper, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated
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