wafer
Syllables: waf·erUK/ˈweɪ̯fəː/
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Australia/wæɪ̯fəː/
wafer noun: a light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
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Noun
wafer (plural wafers)
- A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
- I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for...1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Permitted to See the Grand Academy of Lagado. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
- A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
- Synonyms:
- host
- A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
- The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973 edition, page 202
- A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Verb
wafer (third-person singular simple present wafers, present participle wafering, simple past and past participle wafered)
- To seal or fasten with a wafer.
- [M]y Father, who knew he was well, wafered the paragraph upon a sheet of paper, and sent to his Lodgings.1775, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 4 March
- [T]he beginning of de Barral's end became manifest to the public in the shape of a half-sheet of note-paper wafered by the four corners on the closed door […].1913, Joseph Conrad, Chance, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, page 81
wafer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wafer in Hindi
- wafer
- चकत्ता cakattā
wafer in Tamil
- மென் தட்டை அப்பம், மெல்லப்பச் சில்லு, செதில், சீவல்
wafer in Marathi
- वेफर, वेफर करण्यासाठी
wafer in Urdu
- نان فتیر, رقاقہ
More languagesFewer languages
- wafer in Bengali
- ওয়েফার, ওয়াফার, ওয়্যাফার
- wafer in Telugu
- వేఫర్
- wafer in Malayalam
- വേഫർ, വെഫർ, വേഫർ ചെയ്യാൻ
- wafer in Kannada
- ವೇಫರ್, ವೆಫರ್
- wafer in Punjabi
- ਵੇਫਰ, ਵੈਫਰ, ਵੇਫ਼ਰ
- wafer in Gujarati
- વેફર, વેફર કરવા
- wafer in Odia
- ୱେଫର୍, ୱେଫର, ୱେଫର୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- wafer in Nepali
- वेफर, भेफर, वेफर गर्न
- wafer in Arabic
- رُقَاقَة ruqāqa
- wafer in Thai
- เวเฟอร์ wee-fəə
- wafer in Vietnamese
- đĩa bán dẫn
Examples of wafer in a sentence
- I haven't seen any vegetized wafers on the shelf for decades.
- In the cryo-process the temperature of the wafer plays an important role.
- We’ll break a wafer called an oplatek, and each of us will receive a small piece.
Synonyms of wafer
Forms of wafer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wafers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | wafers |
| present participle | wafering |
| past participle | wafered |
| past | wafered |
Origin of wafer
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
Words formed from wafer
- Anzac wafer
- communion wafer
- Neapolitan wafer
- silicon wafer
- thin as a wafer
- vanilla wafer
- wafer ash
- waferboard
- wafer bread
- waferer
- wafer iron
- waferish
- waferless
- waferlike
- wafer prober
- waferscale
- wafer-scale integration
- wafer-thin
- wafer trapdoor spider
- wafery
Phrases with wafer
Words that rhyme with wafer
Questions about wafer
- What does wafer mean?
- Wafer means a light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
- What is wafer in Hindi?
- Wafer in Hindi is चकत्ता (cakattā). See Wafer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wafer?
- Wafer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce wafer?
- Wafer is pronounced /ˈweɪ̯fəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wafer?
- The plural of wafer is wafers.
Words near wafer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wafer (page history and authors); चकत्ता (Hindi) (page history and authors); wafer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wafer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wafer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wafer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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