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tapersticks

tapersticks is the plural of taperstick.

Meaning of taperstick

Noun

taperstick (plural tapersticks)

  1. A miniature candlestick.
    • It would appear that candlesticks and their smaller accessories, tapersticks, did not come within the scope of the glass-maker until shortly after Ravenscroft's discovery of glass-of-lead, and it is probable that the baluster type stem, and its heavy, solid knopping, suggested a convenient stem...1960, E. M. Elville, English tableglass, page 125

Questions about tapersticks

What is tapersticks the plural of?
Tapersticks is the plural of taperstick.

Words near tapersticks in the dictionary

  1. tapermaker
  2. taperness
  3. tapers
  4. tapers off
  5. taperstick
  6. tapersticks
  7. tapertail
  8. tapertails
  9. taperwise
  10. tapes
  11. tapes off

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