Wafer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
  2. a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
  3. a thin disk of dried paste, gelatin, adhesive paper, or the like, used for sealing letters, attaching papers, etc.
  4. a thin sheet of dry paste or the like, used to enclose a powder to be swallowed.
  5. any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.
  6. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.
verb (used with object)
  1. to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer or wafers: to wafer a letter.
noun
  1. a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc
  2. a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church
  3. an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament
  4. a large single crystal of semiconductor material, such as silicon, on which numerous integrated circuits are manufactured and then separated
  5. a small thin disc of adhesive material used to seal letters, documents, etc
verb
  1. to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer
Wafer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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