wafer

/ˈweɪfər/
noun
  1. A very thin, crisp, flat cake or biscuit, often sweetened and sometimes filled with cream or chocolate.
    • She ate a vanilla wafer with her afternoon tea.
    • He stacked the wafers carefully to make a dessert tower.
    • The ice cream sandwich had two chocolate wafers on the outside.
  2. A thin, flat piece of something, especially a semiconductor material used in making electronic circuits.
    • The factory produces silicon wafers for computer chips.
    • Each wafer can be cut into hundreds of tiny processors.
    • The engineer inspected the wafer under a microscope for defects.
  3. A thin, round piece of unleavened bread used in the Christian Eucharist or Communion.
    • During the service, the congregation received the consecrated wafer.
    • The priest placed the wafer on the communicant's tongue.
    • The wafer symbolizes the body of Christ in many Christian traditions.
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