I want it tapered in the back.
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Tapered
//ˈteɪ.pɚd//
Synonyms for "tapered" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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Translations
27 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- конусообразен adj (narrowing to a point)
- скосен adj (narrowing to a point)
Dutch
1 entries- taps adj (narrowing to a point)
Finnish
2 entries- suippo adj (narrowing to a point)
- suippopäinen adj (narrowing to a point)
Georgian
2 entries- დავიწროებული adj (narrowing to a point)
- შევიწროებული adj (narrowing to a point)
German
4 entries- angeschrägt adj (narrowing to a point)
- keilförmig adj (narrowing to a point)
- konisch adj (narrowing to a point)
- sich verjüngend adj (narrowing to a point)
Portuguese
2 entries- adelgaçado adj (narrowing to a point)
- cónico adj (narrowing to a point)
Russian
3 entries- заострённый adj (narrowing to a point)
- клиновидный adj (narrowing to a point)
- конический adj (narrowing to a point)
Spanish
4 entries- adelgazante adj (narrowing to a point)
- ahusado adj (narrowing to a point)
- coniforme adj (narrowing to a point)
- conoidal adj (narrowing to a point)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He tapered off to one cigarette a day.
Source: tatoeba (291666)
In the tumbler, the cylinder form is tapered.
Source: tatoeba (11208295)
But the data show that with the exception of Antarctica, that natural cooling tapered off at the end of the 19th century, coinciding with the onset of industrialization and the resulting increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: tatoeba (11247983)
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