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Definition of wafer noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wafer

noun
 
/ˈweɪfə(r)/
 
/ˈweɪfər/
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  1. a thin, light biscuit, often eaten with ice cream
    • The sundae was topped with chocolate and a wafer.
    • chocolate/vanilla wafers (= biscuits made of two wafers with chocolate/ vanilla inside)
  2. a very thin round piece of special bread given by the priest during CommunionTopics Foodc2
  3. wafer (of something) a very thin piece of something
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaufre ‘honeycomb’, from Middle Low German wāfel ‘waffle’; compare with the food noun waffle.
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