Definitions for waferˈweɪ fər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wa•ferˈweɪ fər(n.)
a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
Category: Cooking
a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist.
Category: Religion
a thin disk, esp. of dried paste, used esp. for sealing letters.
any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.
a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.
Category: Electronics
(v.t.)to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer.
Origin of wafer:
1350–1400; ME wafre < MD wafer, var. of wafelwaffle1
Princeton's WordNet
wafer(noun)
a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
wafer(noun)
a small thin crisp cake or cookie
wafer(noun)
thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
Wiktionary
wafer(Noun)
A light, thin, flat biscuit.
wafer(Noun)
A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
wafer(Noun)
A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
wafer(Noun)
A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Origin: From wafre, waufre ( = Old French gaufre), from wafel. Compare waffle.
Webster Dictionary
Wafer(noun)
a thin cake made of flour and other ingredients
Wafer(noun)
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
Wafer(noun)
an adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents
Wafer(verb)
to seal or close with a wafer
Translations for wafer
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
wafer(noun)
a type of very thin biscuit, often eaten with ice-cream.
- beskuitjieAfrikaans
- رُقاقَه، بَسْكويت هَشArabic
- вафлаBulgarian
- bolachaPortuguese (BR)
- oplatkaCzech
- die WaffelGerman
- vaffelDanish
- γκοφρέταGreek
- (galleta de) barquilloSpanish
- vahvelEstonian
- بيسكويت نازك و نرمFarsi
- vohvelikeksiFinnish
- gaufretteFrench
- וָפֶלHebrew
- पापडHindi
- oblatnaCroatian
- ostyaHungarian
- waferIndonesian
- þunnt kex, ískexIcelandic
- waferItalian
- ウエハースJapanese
- 웨이퍼(살짝 구운 양과자의 일종)Korean
- vaflisLithuanian
- vafeleLatvian
- waferMalay
- wafeltjeDutch
- kjeks; oblatNorwegian
- wafelPolish
- بيسكويت نازك و نرمPersian
- كمربند، كولچه، بابړ، كولچه: سريښناك ( سليشناك) نرى كاغذ: د ټاپى لاكPashto
- bolachaPortuguese
- napolitanăRomanian
- вафляRussian
- oplátkaSlovak
- vafeljSlovenian
- oblandaSerbian
- rån, waferSwedish
- ขนมอบกรอบบาง รสหวานมักกินกับไอศกรีมThai
- gofret, kâğıt helvasıTurkish
- 常和冰淇淋一起吃的薄餅Chinese (Trad.)
- вафляUkrainian
- ایک قسم کا نہایت پتلا اور میٹھا بسکٹUrdu
- bánh xốpVietnamese
- 威化饼，薄脆饼干（常与冰淇淋同吃）Chinese (Simp.)
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