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Definition of Wafer
1. Noun. A small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters.
2. Noun. A small thin crisp cake or cookie.
3. Noun. Thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist).
Definition of Wafer
1. n. A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
2. v. t. To seal or close with a wafer.
3. n. A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
4. v. t. To seal or close with a wafer.
Definition of Wafer
1. Noun. A light, thin, flat biscuit. ¹
2. Noun. (religion) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. ¹
3. Noun. A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. ¹
4. Noun. (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Wafer
1. to seal with an adhesive disk [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Wafer
1. 1. A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients. "Wafers piping hot out of the gleed." (Chaucer) "The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes." (Holland) "A woman's oaths are wafers break with making" (B. Jonson) 2. A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church. 3. An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and colouring matter, used in sealing letters and other documents. Wafer cake, a sweet, thin cake. Wafer irons, or Wafer tongs, a pincher-shaped contrivance, having flat plates, or blades, between which wafers are baked. Wafer woman, a woman who sold wafer cakes; also, one employed in amorous intrigues. Origin: OE. Wafre, OF. Waufre, qaufre, F. Qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. Wafel, G. Waffel, Dan. Vaffel, Sw. Vaffla; all akin to G. Wabe a honeycomb, OHG. Waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. Wabe is probably akin to E. Weave. See Weave, and cf. Waffle, Gauffer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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