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 Definitions of Wafer  [ˈweɪ fər]  

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Definition of 'Wafer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wafer
a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.

2.  wafer
a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist.

3.  wafer
a thin disk, esp. of dried paste, used esp. for sealing letters.

4.  wafer
any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.

5.  wafer
a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.

6. (v.t.) wafer
to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME wafre < MD wafer, var. of wafelwaffle1)

Definition of 'Wafer' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wafer
a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters

2. (noun) wafer
a small thin crisp cake or cookie

3. (noun) wafer
thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)


Definition of 'Wafer' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Wafer
a thin cake made of flour and other ingredients

2. (noun) Wafer
a thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church

3. (noun) Wafer
an adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents

4. (verb) Wafer
to seal or close with a wafer


Translation of 'Wafer' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of very thin biscuit, often eaten with ice-cream.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beskuitjie Arabic flag Arabic: رُقاقَه، بَسْكويت هَش Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вафла
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bolacha Czech flag Czech: oplatka German flag German: die Waffel
Danish flag Danish: vaffel Greek flag Greek: γκοφρέτα Spanish flag Spanish: (galleta de) barquillo
Estonian flag Estonian: vahvel Farsi flag Farsi: بيسكويت نازك و نرم Finnish flag Finnish: vohvelikeksi
French flag French: gaufrette Hebrew flag Hebrew: וָפֶל Hindi flag Hindi: पापड
Croatian flag Croatian: oblatna Hungarian flag Hungarian: ostya Indonesian flag Indonesian: wafer
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þunnt kex, ískex Italian flag Italian: wafer Japanese flag Japanese: ウエハース
Korean flag Korean: 웨이퍼(살짝 구운 양과자의 일종) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vaflis Latvian flag Latvian: vafele
Malay flag Malay: wafer Dutch flag Dutch: wafeltje Norwegian flag Norwegian: kjeks; oblat
Polish flag Polish: wafel Persian flag Persian: بيسكويت نازك و نرم Pashto flag Pashto: كمربند، كولچه، بابړ، كولچ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: bolacha Romanian flag Romanian: napolitană Russian flag Russian: вафля
Slovak flag Slovak: oplátka Slovenian flag Slovenian: vafelj Serbian flag Serbian: oblanda
Swedish flag Swedish: rån, wafer Thai flag Thai: ขนมอบกรอบบาง รสหวานมักกิน Turkish flag Turkish: gofret, kâğıt helvası
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 常和冰淇淋一起吃的薄餅 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вафля Urdu flag Urdu: ایک قسم کا نہایت پتلا اور
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bánh xốp Chinese flag Chinese: 威化饼,薄脆饼干(常与冰淇淋同吃)

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