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

Noun

1. a thin crisp sweetened biscuit, often served with ice cream

2. Christianity a round thin piece of unleavened bread used at Communion

3. Electronics a small thin slice of germanium or silicon that is separated into numerous individual components or circuits [Old French waufre]

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 (biscuit) → barquillo;

(REL) → oblea: (consecrated) → hostia;

(COMPUT) → oblea, microplaqueta

wafer [ˈweɪfəʳ] n (Culin) → gaufrette f;

(Rel) → pain m d'hostie;

(Comput) → tranche f (de silicium)

wafer [ˈweɪfəʳ] n (biscuit) → Waffel f

wafer [ˈweɪfəʳ] n (CULIN) → cialda;

(REL) → ostia;

(COMPUT) → wafer m inv

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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 vohveli gaufrette וָפֶל पापड oblatna ostya wafer þunnt kex, ískex wafer ウエハース 아이스크림 등에 곁들이는 얇고 가벼운 과자 vaflis vafele wafer wafeltje kjeks; oblat wafel bolacha napolitană вафля oplátka vafelj oblanda rån, wafer ขนมอบกรอบบาง รสหวานมักกินกับไอศกรีม gofret, kâğıt helvası 薄脆餅幹 вафля ایک قسم کا نہایت پتلا اور میٹھا بسکٹ bánh xốp 薄脆饼干

adj ˌwafer-ˈthin

extremely thin. skyfiedun رَقيق جدا много тънък tenounký papirtynd hauchdünn πολύ λεπτός delgadísimo, finísimo paberõhuke بسيار نازك hyvin 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