wafer
To seal or fasten with a waferTo seal or fasten with a wafer.
» It was a wafer-thin majority.
Die Mehrheit war denkbar knapp.
Meaning
1 sensesTo seal or fasten with a wafer.
Examples
7 sentencesIt was a wafer-thin majority.
deDie Mehrheit war denkbar knapp. — raggione
Ice cream cones are made of wafer.
ruРожки под мороженое делают из вафли. — Karok
The parson gave the communion wafer to the dying person.
The biscuit was coated with a wafer-thin layer of chocolate.
deDas Gebäck war mit einer hauchdünnen Schokoladenschicht überzogen. — PeterR
The pastry was coated with a wafer-thin layer of chocolate.
ruВыпечка была покрыта тонким слоем шоколада. — odexed
deDas Gebäck war mit einer hauchdünnen Schokoladenschicht überzogen. — PeterR
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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Forms
wafers, wafering, wafered, waferedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle