wafer
wafer Lexical Profile
wafer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A thin, light, crisp sweet biscuit or cracker, often eaten with ice cream or used to sandwich a creamy filling.
"She served the tall glass of vanilla ice cream garnished with a chocolate wafer."
A very thin slice of a semiconductor material, such as silicon, used as a substrate for fabricating integrated circuits and microchips.
"The cleanroom facility produces thousands of silicon wafers every day for the global microelectronics industry."
A thin disk of unleavened bread used in the Christian sacrament of the Eucharist.
"The priest distributed the communion wafers to the congregation during Sunday mass."
• verb
To divide, cut, or press material into thin slices.
"The highly calibrated machine is designed to wafer the silicon ingots with extreme precision."
To seal, close, or fasten a letter or document using a small adhesive disk (historical).
"The clerk folded the confidential letter and wafered it securely before dispatching it with the courier."
• Rhymes for wafer
Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English 'wafre', from Anglo-Norman 'wafre', derived from an Old French word of Germanic origin, closely related to the Dutch 'wafel' (waffle) and referring to a honeycomb-like cake.
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