night vs taper

night

noun
  • Darkness (due to it being nighttime). 

  • A dark blue colour, midnight blue. 

  • The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. 

  • The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight. 

  • A night's worth of competitions, generally one game. 

  • An evening or night spent at a particular activity. 

  • A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel. 

  • A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. 

  • Nightfall. 

verb
  • To spend a night (in a place), to overnight. 

taper

noun
  • A small light. 

  • A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing). 

  • Someone who works with tape or tapes. 

  • A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod. 

  • One who operates a tape machine. 

  • A slender wax candle. 

  • A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object. 

adj
  • Tapered; narrowing to a point. 

verb
  • To diminish gradually. 

  • To become thinner or narrower at one end. 

  • To make thinner or narrower at one end. 

  • (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy. 

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