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DictionarywaferThin flat piece
noun

wafer

WAY-fer/ˈweɪfər/

A thin, flat piece of material.

The broken wafer reveals its thin, crisp layers.

Three very thin crisp unfilled wafer biscuits on a white plate, one broken edge reveals delicate crisp layers, no packaging or text.
Etymology
waferOld North Frenchhoneycomb, wafer

Old North French waufre meant both “honeycomb” and “wafer.” In English, the thin cake’s shape later supplied a name for other small, thin disks of material.

In context

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More examples

  • She placed a thin chocolate wafer on the dessert.
  • A wafer of ice covered the puddle.
  • The instrument cut the material into delicate wafers.

Forms

wafer · wafers

Similar words

slice
A slice is cut from a larger piece; a wafer is defined by being very thin and flat.
disk
A disk is round and flat; a wafer need not be round.