wafer

Definitions


[ˈweɪfə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thin, light, crisp biscuit, especially one of a kind eaten with ice cream

- a thin piece of something
(e.g: wafers of smoked salmon)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaufre (see goffer), from Middle Low German wāfel ‘waffle’; compare with waffle


[ˈweɪfə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fasten or seal (a letter or document) with a wafer


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaufre (see goffer), from Middle Low German wāfel ‘waffle’; compare with waffle




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