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fər noun
1.
a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
2.
a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
3.
a thin disk of dried paste, gelatin, adhesive paper, or the like, used for sealing letters, attaching papers, etc.
4.
Medicine/Medical. a thin sheet of dry paste or the like, used to enclose a powder to be swallowed.
5.
any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.
6.
Electronics. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.
verb (used with object)
7.
to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer or wafers: to wafer a letter.
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wa·fer·like, wa·fer·y, adjective
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wafer (ˈweɪfə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc |
| 2. | Christianity a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church |
| 3. | pharmacol an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament |
| 4. | electronics a large single crystal of semiconductor material, such as silicon, on which numerous integrated circuits are manufactured and then separated |
| 5. | a small thin disc of adhesive material used to seal letters, documents, etc |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (tr) to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer |
| [C14: from Old Northern French waufre, from Middle Low German wāfel; related to | |
| 'wafer-like | |
| —adj | |
| 'wafery | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
wafer
1368, from Anglo-Fr. wafre, O.N.Fr. waufre "honeycomb, wafer," perhaps from Frankish (cf. Flem. wafer, altered from M.Du. wafel "honeycomb;" see waffle (n.)). Also found in O.Fr. as gaufre, gofre "wafer, waffle." Eucharistic bread first so called 1559.
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Example sentences
Bourbon adds spark to these wafer-thin spice cookies.
It's as if it were made up of millions of sugary, wafer-thin caramel layers.
The minority government's hold on power is wafer-thin, and some politicians have seen an opportunity for nationalist tub-thumping.
She is indeed lovely, and with about as much depth as a vanilla wafer.
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