wafer

(fər)

noun

    1. a thin, flat, crisp cracker or cookie
    2. anything resembling this, as a thin, flat disk of candy
  1. a piece of Eucharistic bread, specif., a thin, flat, white, typically round and unleavened piece of such bread, made from wheat
  2. a small adhesive disk, as of paper, dried paste, gelatin, etc., used as a seal on letters, documents, etc.
  3. a thin piece of a semiconductor on which integrated circuits are formed, as to create chips

Origin: ME wafre < NormFr waufre < MDu wafel, wafer, waffle

transitive verb

to seal, close, attach, or fasten with a wafer or wafers

See wafer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A small thin crisp cake, biscuit, or candy.
  2. Ecclesiastical A small thin disk of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist.
  3. Pharmacology A flat tablet of rice paper or dried flour paste encasing a powdered drug.
  4. A small disk of adhesive material used as a seal for papers.
  5. Electronics A small thin circular slice of a semiconducting material, such as pure silicon, on which an integrated circuit can be formed.
transitive verb wa·fered, wa·fer·ing, wa·fers
  1. To seal or fasten together with a disk of adhesive material.
  2. Pharmacology To prepare in the form of wafers.
  3. Electronics To divide into wafers.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English wafre

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , variant of Old North French waufre

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see webh- in Indo-European roots

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