English Explanatory Dictionary

wafer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
  2. A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
  3. A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
  4. A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
verb
  1. To seal or fasten with a wafer.

Pronunciation

/ˈweɪ̯fəː/ [ˈweɪ̯fəː] /wæɪ̯fəː/ [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fəː] ~ [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fɐ̝ː] /ˈweɪ̯fɚ/ [ˈweɪ̯fɚ] ~ [ˈweɪ̯fɹ̩] en-us-wafer.ogg

Word forms

wafer wafers wafering wafered

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

host

Derived words

Anzac wafer communion wafer Neapolitan wafer silicon wafer thin as a wafer vanilla wafer wafer ash waferboard wafer bread wafer iron waferish waferless waferlike wafer prober waferscale wafer-scale integration wafer-thin wafer trapdoor spider wafery
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