wafer
noun/ˈweɪfə(r)/
/ˈweɪfər/
- 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)
- a very thin round piece of special bread given by the priest during CommunionTopics Foodc2
- wafer (of something) a very thin piece of something
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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