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wafer

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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.

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

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.waferwafer - a small thin crisp cake or cookie    
cookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
3.waferwafer - 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

wafer [ˈweɪfər] n
(= biscuit) → gaufrette f
(for holy communion)pain m d'hostie
(in computing)tranche f (de silicium)
wafer-thin [ˌweɪfərˈθɪn] adj
[slice, piece] → très fin(e)
[majority] → infime

wafer
n
(= biscuit)Waffel f; a vanilla wafereine Vanilleeiswaffel
(Eccl) → Hostie f
(= silicon wafer)Wafer f

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

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
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

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


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As the wafer digested, the tincture mounted to his brain, bearing the proposition along with it.
Sign that; stick a wafer on at the side; clap your finger on the wafer; 'I deliver this as my act and deed;' and there it is--done
---I am about to sign my name, you observe, at the foot of the articles which Mr Chuckster will witness; and placing my finger upon this blue wafer with the vandyked corners, I am constrained to remark in a distinct tone of voice--don't be alarmed, ma'am, it is merely a form of law--that I deliver this, as my act and deed.
 
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