wafer

wa·fer  (wfr)

n.

1. A small thin crisp cake, biscuit, or candy.

2. Ecclesiastical A small thin disk of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist.

3. Pharmacology A flat tablet of rice paper or dried flour paste encasing a powdered drug.

4. A small disk of adhesive material used as a seal for papers.

5. Electronics A small thin circular slice of a semiconducting material, such as pure silicon, on which an integrated circuit can be formed.

tr.v. wa·fered, wa·fer·ing, wa·fers

1. To seal or fasten together with a disk of adhesive material.

2. Pharmacology To prepare in the form of wafers.

3. Electronics To divide into wafers.

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[Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old North French waufre, of Germanic origin; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

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wafer [ˈweɪfə]

n

1. (Cookery) a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc.

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church

3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Pharmacol an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament

4. (Electronics) Electronics a large single crystal of semiconductor material, such as silicon, on which numerous integrated circuits are manufactured and then separated

5. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a small thin disc of adhesive material used to seal letters, documents, etc.

vb

(tr) to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer

[from Old Northern French waufre, from Middle Low German wāfel; related to waffle¹]

wafer-like , wafery adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wafer - a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters library paste, paste - an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
	2.	wafer - a small thin crisp cake or cookie     cookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
	3.	wafer - thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) bread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

Translations

wafer [ˈweɪfəʳ] N

1. (= biscuit) → galleta f (Rel) → hostia f; (eaten with ice cream) → barquillo m

2. (Comput) → oblea f

3. (for sealing) → oblea f

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wafer [ˈweɪfə^r] n

(= biscuit) → gaufrette f

(for holy communion) → pain m d'hostie

(in computing) → tranche f (de silicium)
wafer-thin [ˌweɪfə^rˈθɪn] adj

[slice, piece] → très fin(e)

[majority] → infime

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wafer

n

(= biscuit) → Waffel f; a vanilla wafer → eine Vanilleeiswaffel

(Eccl) → Hostie f

(= silicon wafer) → Wafer f

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wafer [ˈweɪfəʳ] n (Culin, Elec) → wafer m inv; (with ice cream) → cialda (Rel) → ostia

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wafer [ˈweɪfəʳ] n (Culin, Elec) → wafer m inv; (with ice cream) → cialda (Rel) → ostia

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wafer

n wafer [ˈweifə]

a type of very thin biscuit, often eaten with ice-cream. beskuitjie رُقاقَه، بَسْكويت هَش вафла oplatka vaffel die Waffel γκοφρέτα (galleta de) barquillo vahvel بيسكويت نازك و نرم vohvelikeksi gaufrette וָפֶל पापड oblatna ostya wafer þunnt kex, ískex wafer ウエハース 웨이퍼(살짝 구운 양과자의 일종) vaflis vafele wafer wafeltje kjeks; oblat wafel bolacha napolitană вафля oplátka vafelj oblanda rån, wafer ขนมอบกรอบบาง รสหวานมักกินกับไอศกรีม gofret, kâğıt helvası 常和冰淇淋一起吃的薄餅 вафля ایک قسم کا نہایت پتلا اور میٹھا بسکٹ bánh xốp 薄脆饼干

adj wafer-ˈthin

extremely thin. skyfiedun رَقيق جدا много тънък tenounký papirtynd hauchdünn πολύ λεπτός delgadísimo, finísimo paberõhuke بسيار نازك erittäin ohut mince comme une pelure d'oignon דַקִיק बहुत ही पतला vrlo tanak hajszálvékony sangat tipis mjög þunnur (sottilissimo) 極薄の 매우 얇은 plonytis ļoti plāns terlalu nipis flinterdun løvtynn cieniutki finíssimo foarte subţire, sub­ţire ca firul de păr очень тонкий tenučký suh kot trska izuzetno tanak lövtunn ที่บางมาก incecik 極薄的 дуже тонкий بہت پتلا rất mỏng 极薄的

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wafer → رقاقة oplatka vaffel Waffel γκοφρέτα oblea vohvelikeksi gaufrette oblatna wafer ウエハース 웨이퍼 wafel vaffelkjeks wafel biscoito вафля rån ขนมปังกรอบบางรสหวานมักกินกับไอศกรีม gofret bánh xốp 薄饼