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Wafer-like
see synonyms of wafer-likeAdjective
1. wafer-like
resembling a thin crisp wafer
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Wafer-like
see synonyms of wafer-likenoun
1.
a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc
2. Christianity
a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church
3. pharmacology
an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament
4. electronics
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
6. (transitive)
to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer
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Wafer-like
see synonyms of wafer-like noun
1.
a.
a thin, flat, crisp cracker or cookie
b.
anything resembling this, as a thin, flat disk of candy
2.
a piece of Eucharistic bread, specif., a thin, flat, white, typically round and unleavened piece of such bread, made from wheat
3.
a small adhesive disk, as of paper, dried paste, gelatin, etc., used as a seal on letters, documents, etc.
4.
a thin piece of a semiconductor on which integrated circuits are formed, as to create chips
verb transitive
5.
to seal, close, attach, or fasten with a wafer or wafers
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.