For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
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Taper
/ˈteɪpə/
Synonyms for "taper" (159 found)
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Noun(3 words)
abateaculeateacuminateapproachbarbbatebayberry candlebougiebrandbutane lightercandlecandlewickcentercentralizecigarette lightercloseclose inclose upclose withcoarctation
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11 entriescolored taperconical enddecreasing trendgradual declinemonetary tapernarrowingpolicy taperscented taperspending tapertapered endwhite taper
Collocations
11 entriesconical tapergradual tapermonetary taperpolicy taperspending tapertaper candletaper lengthtaper ratetaper ratiotapered columntapered hole
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3 entriesSample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill.
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He needed to taper off venlafaxine.
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She dissolved like a taper.
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