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WAFER

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• WAFER (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Sense 2

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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))

Sense 3

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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)

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(English proverb)
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(Afghanistan proverb)
"Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market."
(Arabic proverb)
"Don't go to the pub without money."
(Czech proverb)

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