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tapermaker

tapermaker noun: the manufacture of tapers.

Noun

tapermaker (uncountable)

  1. The manufacture of tapers.
    • Eventually, seductive Margarita built a flame under three young tapermakers of Antonio's employ.1999, Vicki León, Uppity Women of Shakespearean Times, page 83

Origin of tapermaker

From taper + making.

Questions about tapermaker

What does tapermaker mean?
Tapermaker means the manufacture of tapers.
What part of speech is tapermaker?
Tapermaker is a noun.

Words near tapermaker in the dictionary

  1. taperingly
  2. taperings
  3. taperless
  4. taperlike
  5. taperly
  6. tapermaker
  7. taperness
  8. tapers
  9. tapers off
  10. taperstick
  11. tapersticks

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