WAFER
Dictionary entry overview: What does wafer mean?
• WAFER (noun)
The noun WAFER has 3 senses:
1. a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
2. a small thin crisp cake or cookie
3. thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
Familiarity information: WAFER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WAFER (noun)
Meaning:
A small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("wafer" is a kind of...):
library paste; paste (an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard)
Meaning:
A small thin crisp cake or cookie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("wafer" is a kind of...):
biscuit; cookie; cooky (any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term))
Meaning:
Thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("wafer" is a kind of...):
bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)
