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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wa•fer /ˈweɪfɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fooda thin, crisp cake, cookie, biscuit, or candy.
- Religiona thin disk of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist.
- any small, thin disk.
wa•fer•like, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wa•fer (wā′fər),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
- a thin disk of dried paste, gelatin, adhesive paper, or the like, used for sealing letters, attaching papers, etc.
- Medicinea thin sheet of dry paste or the like, used to enclose a powder to be swallowed.
- any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.
- Electronicsa thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.
v.t. - to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer or wafers:to wafer a letter.
- Middle Dutch wafer, variant of wafel waffle1
- Middle English wafre 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wafer /ˈweɪfə/ n - a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc
- a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church
- an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament
- a large single crystal of semiconductor material, such as silicon, on which numerous integrated circuits are manufactured and then separated
- a small thin disc of adhesive material used to seal letters, documents, etc
vb - (transitive) to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Northern French waufre, from Middle Low German wāfel; related to waffle1ˈwafer-ˌlike, ˈwafery adj |