Wafer

Definition: Wafer

Wafer

Noun

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).

Date "wafer" was first used: 1368. (references)

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	Wafer, if seen in a dream, purports an encounter with enemies. To eat one, suggests impoverished fortune. For a young woman to bake them, denotes that she will be tormented and distressed by fears of remaining in the unmarried state. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Electrical Engineering	Prepared slice used for solid state diffusion processes. Source: European Union. (references)
	A piece of semiconductor separated from a large crystal by a slicing operation, such as cutting with high speed abrasive wheels. Source: European Union. (references)
	An element of a rotary switch comprising a fixed disk, or stator, and a rotating disk, or rotor, capable of interconnecting terminals in predetermined combinations. Source: European Union. (references)
Energy	A thin sheet of semiconductor (photovoltaic material) made by cutting it from a single crystal or ingot. (references)
Mining	A. A name given to the rough slice obtained by sawing directly from a mother crystal or section. The process of manufacturing wafers is variously known as wafering, wafering from the crystal or slab, wafering from the mother crystal, and baloney slicing b. Small sheet of electroceramic material 0.001 to 0.01 in (0.025 to 0.25 mm) thick for use in electronic equipment, particularly in miniaturecapacitors, transistors, resistors, and other circuit components. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Connection	Cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum.
Layer	Plate; lamina, lamella; sheet, foil; wafer; scale, flake, peel; coat, pellicle; membrane, film; leaf; slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument; (covering); eschar.
Narrowness Thinness	Emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent; lank, lanky; weedy, skinny; scrawny slinky; starved, starveling; herring gutted; worn to a shadow, lean as a rake; thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer; hatchet-faced; lantern-jawed.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Drink the wine and chew the wafer, (The Vatican Rag; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	1995 Proceedings: Seventh Annual IEEE International Conference on Wafer Scale Integration, San Francisco, California, USA (International Conference o (reference) IEEE International Conference on Wafer Scale Integration, 1994 (reference) Silicon Wafer Bonding Technology for Vlsi and Mems Applications (Emis Processing Series, 1) (reference) The Wafer (reference) Wafer Manufacturing in Taiwan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Edward Gibbon	Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Marius, in opening this letter, noticed that the enormously large wafer was still wet.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The proposition and demonstration were fairly written on a thin wafer, with ink composed of a cephalic tincture
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		It projects that by 2003, there will be ten wafer plants in the country. (references)
		Most producers operate on wafer thin margins and rely on volumes to generate profits. (references)
		The Singapore government continues to aggressively seek investments in wafer fabrication facilities and design houses. (references)
Economic History	Singapore	Singapore's semiconductor industry comprises IC design centers, 14 wafer fabs and IC assembly and test centers. (references)
	Singapore	The private sector also contributed some US$1.47 billion worth of industrial projects in 2000, including a wafer fabrication plant at Woodland, pharmaceutical and petrochemical plants on the Jurong Island, a large-scale power plant at Pulau Seraya and other high-tech industrial buildings. (references)
	Singapore	Commercial construction demand is forecast to be nearly US$353 million, a level comparable to that in 2000. While industrial construction demand is projected to reach US$1.41 billion this year (2001). Most of the projects will still come from the petrochemical and pharmaceutical sectors and from at least one wafer fabrication plant. (references)
Trade	Malaysia	For example, EXIMBANK has recently provided guarantees for the two new silicon wafer fabrication plants in Malaysia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Wafer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Wafer" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90.91%	50	48,117
Lexical Verb (base form)	7.27%	4	175,879
Noun (proper)	1.82%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	55	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "wafer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Wafer	Last name	1,000	14,717
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "wafer": as thin as a wafer ♦ communion wafer ♦ consecrated wafer ♦ silicon wafer ♦ thin as a wafer ♦ wafer cake ♦ wafer irons ♦ wafer stepper ♦ wafer tongs ♦ wafer woman. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "wafer": wafer-like, wafer-machine, wafer-thin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "wafer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vafer, oste (host), naforë (host), meshë (mass, office). (various references)

Arabic		‏سد برقاقة, ‏الحلقة الرقاقية, ‏رقاقة (chip, flake, particle, plate), ‏بسكويت محشو, ‏بسكويت رقيق. (various references)

Bulgarian		кръгла лепенка, вафла, нафора (host), залепям с лепенка, залепям кръгче вместо печат, прикрепям с лепенка, пластинка (cleat, disc, lamella, lamina, plate). (various references)

Chinese		薄酥饼 (Wafers), 感化餅乾 . (various references)

Czech		zalepit (glue up, gum up, paste up, seal up, stick up, tape), oplatka (waffle), hostie. (various references)

Danish		wafer (nut washer, slice, washer), vaffel (waffle), skive (dial, disc, disk, record), oblat, metadon (biscuit, dolly, methadone), møntskive (coined bar), møntplade (coined bar), kontaktdæk, briket (bar). (various references)

Dutch		wafeltje (cone). (various references)

Esperanto		vafleto (cone). (various references)

Farsi		نان فطیر, شیرینی پنجره ای . (various references)

Finnish		vohveli (waffle). (various references)

French		tranche (nut washer, washer), gaufrette. (various references)

German		Waffel (cornet, waffle, waffles), Scheibe (bit-slice, dial, disc, disk, glass, layer, pane, plate, plug, puck, pulley, rasher, segment, sheet, slab, slice, target, washer, wheel, window). (various references)

Greek		φέτα (chop, fillet, slice, sliver, white cheese). (various references)

Hebrew		מרקוע (biscuit, griddlecake, water biscuit), מצי�" (cracker), אפיפית, רקיק (biscuit, snap, tenuous), צפיחית (cake, nectar). (various references)

Hungarian		ostya (cachet, gofer). (various references)

Italian		wafer (nut washer, slice, washer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		軽焼き , 煎餅 (Japanese cracker, rice cookie), ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せ�"べい (Japanese cracker, rice cookie), かるやき, ウェハー , ウェファ , ウェハ . (various references)

Korean		웨이퍼 (Wafers). (various references)

Manx		oalan (altar bread, host). (various references)

Pig Latin		aferway.(various references)

Portuguese		pastilha (cake, lozenge, pastil, pastille, pellet, resume, tablet, tabloid). (various references)

Romanian		vaflã, vafelã (waffle), prescurã, caşetã (cachet), anafurã. (various references)

Russian		вафля (waffle). (various references)

Scottish		abhlan. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		podmetač (mat, pad, shim), oblanda. (various references)

Spanish		oblea (nut washer, slice, washer), galleta (biscuit, cookie, cracker, sea biscuit). (various references)

Swedish		rån (hold-up, mugging, robbery, robbery with violence, snatch, stick up), wafer, oblat (capping). (various references)

Turkish		silikon devre levhası, mektup kapatma etiketi, kâğıt helva, ilaç kapsülü, gofret, dondurma külahı (cornet, ice cone), aşai rabbani ayini ekmeği (consecrated wafer). (various references)

Ukrainian		вафля (waffle), облатка (obley). (various references)

Welsh		afrllad. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Middle Dutch	1100-1500	wafel. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai arton ena ex elaiou kai laganon en apo tou kanou twn azumwn twn proteqeimenwn enanti kuriou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tortam panis unius crustulum conspersum oleo laganum de canistro azymorum quod positum est in conspectu Domini
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	A crustid cake spreynde with oyle, a crompid cake, of the leepe of therf looues, that is sett in the siyt of the Lord.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And a symnell of bred ad a cake of oyled bred ad a wafer out of the baskett of swete bred that is before the Lorde,
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread, that is before the LORD.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And take one bit of bread and one cake of oiled bread and one thin cake out of the basket of unleavened bread which is before the Lord:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 23
Cebuano	Ug usa ka book nga tinapay, ug usa ka tinapay na gilanahan, ug usa ka tinapay nga manipis gikan sa bukag sa mga tinapay nga walay levadura nga anaa sa atubangan ni Jehova.
Croatian	zatim jedan okrugli kruh, jedan kolaè na ulju i jednu prevrtu iz košarice beskvasnoga kruha što je pred Jahvom.
Danish	og en Skive Brød, en Oliebrødkage og et Fladbrød af Kurven med de usyrede Brød, som står for HERRENs Åsyn,
Dutch	En een broodbol, en een koek geolied brood, en een vlade, uit den korf der ongezuurde broden, die voor het aangezicht des HEEREN zijn zal;
Finnish	Ja ota pyöreä leipä ja öljyyn leivottu kakku ja ohukainen happamattomien leipien korista, joka on Herran edessä.
French	tu prendras aussi dans la corbeille de pains sans levain, placée devant l`Éternel, un gâteau de pain, un gâteau � l`huile et une galette.
German	und ein Brot und einen Ölkuchen und einen Fladen aus dem Korbe des ungesäuerten Brots, der vor dem HERRN steht;
Haitian Creole	Nan panyen pen san ledven ki devan Seyè a, w'a pran yon pen antye, yon gato fèt ak lwil ak yon pen plat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dari keranjang roti yang telah dipersembahkan kepada-Ku, ambillah satu roti dari setiap macam: satu yang dibuat dengan minyak zaitun, satu yang tanpa minyak, dan satu kue.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dan lagi roti seketul dan sebuah roti surati yang bercampur minyak dan sebuah opak dari dalam bakul roti fatir, yang ada di hadapan hadirat Tuhan.
Italian	Prenderai anche un pane rotondo, una focaccia all'olio e una schiacciata dal canestro di azzimi deposto davanti al Signore.
Maori	Me te rohi taro kotahi, me tetahi keke taro hinu, me tetahi keke angiangi i roto i te kete taro rewenakore i te aroaro o Ihowa:
Norwegian	Så skal du ta et rundt brød og en oljekake og en tynn brødleiv av kurven med de usyrede brød som står for Herrens åsyn.
Portuguese	e uma fogaça de pão, um bolo de pão azeitado e um coscorão do cesto dos pães ázimos que estará diante do Senhor,
Rumanian	din cow sq iei din azimile, puse knaintea Domnului, o turtq de pkne, o turtq cu untdelemn wi o plqcintq.
Russian	Й П�"ЙО ЛТХЗМЩК ИМЕ�', П�"ОХ МЕ� ЕЫЛХ ОБ ЕМЕЕ Й П�"ЙО П� ТЕУОПЛ ЙЪ ЛПТЪЙОЩ, ЛПФПТБС � ТЕ�" зПУ� П�"ПН,
Spanish	También tomarás de la cesta de los panes sin levadura que está delante de Jehovah, un pan, una torta de pan amasada con aceite y una galleta.
Swedish	Och du skall taga en rundkaka, en oljebrödskaka och en tunnkaka ur korgen med de osyrade bröden, som står inför HERRENS ansikte.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "wafer": wafered, wafering, wafers, wafery. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Wafer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: affer, hafer, mafer, Swaffer, Waafery, wacer, waer, wafe, wafed, wafel, waferr, Walfart, waner, warer, wawer, waxer, wifer, Wilfer, Woffard, wolfer, wopfner, Wufi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "wafer" (pronounced wā"fer)
3	-ā" f er	safer.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-r-w"
	-1 letter: fare, fear, frae, ware, wear.
	-2 letters: are, arf, awe, ear, era, far, fer, few, raw, ref, wae, war.
	-3 letters: ae, ar, aw, ef, er, fa, re, we.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-r-w"
	+1 letter: fawner, wafers, wafery, wafter.
	+2 letters: bedwarf, dwarfed, dwarfer, fawners, fawnier, flawier, forepaw, foresaw, freeway, fretsaw, wafered, waffler, wafters, wafture, warfare, welfare, wharfed.
	+3 letters: awfuller, bedwarfs, dwarfest, farewell, farmwife, farrowed, firewall, firmware, flatware, fleawort, footwear, forepaws, forewarn, forswear, freeware, freeways, fretsaws, giftware, leafworm, leftward, selfward, software, wafering, wafflers, waftures, wakerife, warfares, waveform, wayfarer, weariful, welfares, wharfage, workfare.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
wafer	144	klonopin wafer	15
silicon wafer	78	wacky wafer	14
745 board no wafer	43	wafer card	14
silicon wafer chip	39	communion wafer	13
wafer board	33	gold wafer card	13
semiconductor wafer	33	board dss wafer	12
wafer fabrication	29	745 no wafer	10
gold wafer	28	cake vanilla wafer	10
745 board wafer	27	chocolate cookie wafer	10
wafer check valve	26	gliadel wafer	10
nilla wafer	25	wafer cookie	9
vanilla wafer	24	tweezers wafer	9
board no745 wafer	21	tech wafer	9
necco wafer	21	benne wafer	9
wafer processing	20	wafer wonder	9
recipe vanilla wafer	19	745 wafer	9
wafer bumping	17	processing semiconductor wafer	8
wafer tracking	16	coating wafer	8
cheese wafer	16	cookie vanilla wafer	7
wafer seal	15	satellite wafer	7
		level package vacuum wafer	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Wafer

Definition: Wafer

Wafer

Noun

Specialty Definition: Wafer

Specialty Definition: Wafer

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Edward Gibbon

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

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Modern Translation: Wafer

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