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wafer definition

wa·fer (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

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

transitive verb

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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