wafer

wa·fer (wā′fər)

noun

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

Converse of object

consecrate: They washed the saint's body, wrapped his head in a head cloth, and placed the consecrated wafer on his breast.
eat: We do not need to eat communion wafers to get communion with God.
produce: They can produce one semiconductor wafer relatively cheaply without disruption of an entire production line.
make: The bread was flat and tasted like wafers made with honey.
use: Unlike the wafers generally used at Mass, freshly baked bread that is consecrated will quickly go stale.

Adjective modifier

thin: Another test was with a very thin silicon wafer.
whole: MEMulator can automatically create very complicated virtual prototype models from a single die to a whole wafer.
new: The end of program joke is about " a new low fat communion wafer " .
single: More than 2500 devices are fabricated at the same time on a single wafer.

Modifies a noun

foundry: This technique has also been embraced by wafer foundries and fabrication houses to produce duplicates from silicon masters, significantly saving on production costs.
fabrication: They have a 5 " silicon wafer fabrication facility dedicated to CCD manufacture.
cookie: Popcorn, wafer biscuits, jelly beans, sports drinks.
processing: Details are also given about SEMATECH's wafer processing services with detailed product information available.
edge: Smoothness of the wafer edge is not a pre-requisite.
plant: March 29, 2002 Allowing Investment in 8-inch wafer plants on the Mainland.

Noun used with modifier

silicon: The silicon wafer is then subjected to deep reactive ion etching to release the rotor.
caramel: Family affair With fans from Britney Spears to the Queen, Tunnock's caramel wafers are one of Scotland's most successful exports.
communion: REYES: Or the Communion wafer into the body of Christ.
semiconductor: They can produce one semiconductor wafer relatively cheaply without disruption of an entire production line.
inch: The VG V90 is a 4 inch, 3 inch or 3 X 2 inch wafer MBE reactor with up to twelve source ports.

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