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wafer

[ wey-fer ]

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. Medicine/Medical. 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. Electronics. 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.

wafer

/ ˈ·É±ðɪ´ÚÉ™ /

noun

  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. pharmacol 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wafer1

1350–1400; Middle English wafre < Middle Dutch wafer, variant of wafel waffle 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wafer1

C14: from Old Northern French waufre, from Middle Low German ·ÉÄå´Ú±ð±ô; related to waffle 1
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Example Sentences

Their famous wafer fabrication company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, runs more advanced wafer fabs at smaller transistor sizes than Intel and other chip giants.

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This makes it a promising candidate for large-scale industrial applications, such as wafer processing.

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As a result, you get fewer LEDs from a wafer -- the thin, flat piece of semiconductor material made from InGaN that serves as the base for the fabrication of LED devices.

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Put aside a few chocolate wafers from making your crust, and consider it your bonus serving for making the pie!

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Earlier that morning, Father Frank Cancro, 74, the National Circus Chaplain, laid out water, wine, communion wafers and a cross on a folding table adorned with a black tablecloth.

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