wafer

CEFRB1

/ˈweɪ̯fəː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A very thin, light, crisp biscuit or piece of material.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.

Examples

  • Ice cream cones are made of wafer.

  • The parson gave the communion wafer to the dying person.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fəː] ~ [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fɐ̝ː]
  • [ˈweɪ̯fɚ] ~ [ˈweɪ̯fɹ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.

  2. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.

  3. A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

More examples

In context

  • [M]y Father, who knew he was well, wafered the paragraph upon a sheet of paper, and sent to his Lodgings.

  • The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.

  • [T]he beginning of de Barral's end became manifest to the public in the shape of a half-sheet of note-paper wafered by the four corners on the closed door […].

Synonyms

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The priest placed a small blank of bread on the person's tongue during communion.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.