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WAFER

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English dictionary: Word overview

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.


English dictionary: Word details


WAFER (noun)


Sense 1wafer [BACK TO TOP]

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 2wafer [BACK TO TOP]

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 3wafer [BACK TO TOP]

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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