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wafer-thinˌwafer-ˈthin adjective - wafer-thin slices of cucumber
- Profits on each individual computer are wafer-thin.
- It was a wafer-thin majority for a Prime Minister who had invested everything in its outcome.
- No Government could continue on so wafer-thin a majority.
- Wings, made of plates of wafer-thin metal, sprouted from a large dome on each android's back.
object/material► thin not wide: · a thin slice of cake· a thin layer of ice· The gold was very thin. ► slim thin, especially in a way that looks attractive: · a slim volume of poetry· a slim mobile phone· a slim wooden box ► slender written tall or long and thin, in a way that looks attractive, but is often not very strong: · the slender columns that supported the roof· The spider was hanging by a slender thread. ► paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper: · The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.· wafer-thin slices of pastry· The petals are paper-thin. extremely thin: wafer-thin chocolates► see thesaurus at thin |