wafer-thin
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wafer-thin
adj
1. extremely thin and flat
2. (of a margin, majority, etc) very small in amount
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" |
Adv. | 1. | wafer-thin - very thin; "it was cut wafer-thin" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wafer-thin
adj → hauchdünn
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wafer-thin
[ˌweɪfəˈθɪn] adj → sottilissimo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wafer
(ˈweifə) noun a type of very thin biscuit, often eaten with ice-cream.
ˌwafer-ˈthin adjective extremely thin.
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