Scrabble?! TAPER

Definitions of TAPER in various dictionaries:

noun - a convex shape that narrows toward a point

noun - the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

noun - a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

noun - stick of wax with a wick in the middle

verb - diminish gradually

verb - give a point to

A small or very slender candle.

A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.

A source of feeble light.

A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.

A gradual decrease, as in action or force.

To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.

To diminish or lessen gradually.

To make thinner or narrower at one end.

To make smaller gradually.

verb - to become gradually narrower toward one end