wafer
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookieA light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
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» It was a wafer-thin majority.
Die Mehrheit war denkbar knapp. — raggione
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7 sentencesMeaning
4 sensesA light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
Oblate, Waffel
ва́фляváflja
a small thin crisp cake or cookie
A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Wafer, Halbleiterscheibe
подло́жкаpodlóžka
A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
Siegeloblate
печа́тьpečátʹ
Origin
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a GerFrom 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.
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plural: wafersSynonyms
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