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wa·fer
(wā′fər)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.]
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wafer
(ˈweɪfə)n
1. (Cookery) a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church
3. (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. (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
[C14: from Old Northern French waufre, from Middle Low German wāfel; related to waffle1]
ˈwafer-ˌlike, ˈwafery adj
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wa•fer
(ˈweɪ fər)n.
1. a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
2. a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist.
3. a thin disk, esp. of dried paste, used esp. for sealing letters.
4. any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.
5. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.
v.t. 6. to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer.
[1350–1400; Middle English wafre < Middle Dutch wafer, variant of wafel waffle1]
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wafer
Past participle: wafered
Gerund: wafering
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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 | |
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 |
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Translations
بِسْكُوتٌ وَيْفَررُقاقَه، بَسْكويت هَش
oplatka
vaffel
vohvelikeksi
oblatna
ostya
òunnt kex, ískex
ウエハース
웨이퍼
plonytisvaflis
vafele
oplátka
oblat
rån
ขนมปังกรอบบางรสหวานมักกินกับไอศกรีม
gofretkâğıt helvası
bánh xốp
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
[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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wafer
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins 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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
wafer
→ بِسْكُوتٌ وَيْفَر oplatka vaffel Waffel γκοφρέτα gofre, oblea vohvelikeksi gaufrette oblatna wafer ウエハース 웨이퍼 wafel vaffelkjeks wafel biscoito вафля rån ขนมปังกรอบบางรสหวานมักกินกับไอศกรีม gofret bánh xốp 薄饼Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
wafer
n (pharm) tableta dispersable, comprimido dispersable (esp. Esp)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.