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nouna loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
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nounstick of wax with a wick in the middletype of:
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"The candles are tapered"verbgive a point totype of:
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nouna convex shape that narrows toward a pointtype of:
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"Interested tapered off"verbdiminish gradually
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nounthe property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)type of:
Examples of taper
- "The candles are tapered"
- "Interested tapered off"