plural wafers
1
a
: a thin crisp cake, candy, or cracker
b
: a round thin piece of unleavened bread used in the celebration of the Eucharist
2
: an adhesive disk of dried paste with added coloring matter used as a seal
3
a
: a thin disk or ring resembling a wafer and variously used (as for a valve or diaphragm)
b
: a thin slice of semiconductor (such as silicon) used as a base for an electronic component or circuit
wafer-like
adjective
or less commonly waferlike
wafer-like cookies
a wafer-like electronic sensor
wafered; wafering
ˈwā-f(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to seal, close, or fasten with a wafer
2
: to divide (something, such as a silicon rod) into wafers
Examples of wafer in a Sentence
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
It’s then dipped in yellow icing and topped with white icing swirls and a wafer cookie.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
Banana Puddin’ Pie – an unglazed doughnut filled with banana pudding made with wafers and banana pudding creme, dipped in yellow icing, with white icing swirls and a wafer cookie.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
In this fascinating excerpt from Erik Davis’ book Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium, the journalist theorizes about why blotter proved the ideal carrier for LSD—part communion wafer, part pop-culture collectible, and part stamp granting passage to new realms.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 14 May 2024
China is ramping up twice as fast its exports of solar wafers, a key component.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 May 2024
The Moon Museum The Golden Records aren’t the only testament to human creativity in space — a thumb-sized ceramic wafer, with etched drawings by Andy Warhol and five other prominent artists of the era, was smuggled to the Moon aboard Apollo 12 and left on the lunar surface.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
All three of the donuts are packed with chocolate and creamy wafers, similar to Kit Kats, and are available both in-shop for pickup or delivery on the Krispy Kreme app or website for a limited time starting on Apr. 10.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Krispy Kreme is partnering with Kit Kat on an all-new collection of three doughnuts that will feature creamy chocolate and crispy wafers, the doughnut giant said Wednesday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
How To Make Banana Pudding Cheesecake With an impressive ring of vanilla wafers around the edge of the cheesecake, and decadent filling, no one will know how quickly this dessert came together.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
Tips for the Best Banana Pudding Cheesecake For the best banana pudding cheesecake, keep these tips in mind:
Use the crust: Press the crust lightly up the sides of the pan to give the ring of vanilla wafers stability.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
Layer half of vanilla wafers in an 8-inch square baking dish.
—Rebecca Lang, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
The blue-and-white Intel theme is only the start of this nifty mod, which resembles an Intel CPU wafer just off the fab.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 5 June 2023
Instead, the lasers on the wafer are undercut so that they are attached to the source wafer only by small tethers.
—Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
LAM Research, a company that supplies wafer fabrication equipment and related services to the semiconductor industry saw its last stock split in 2020.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 June 2022
Highly energy efficient and often wafer thin, OLEDs are the technology of choice in high-end cellphone displays and televisions.
—New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
Noun
To create the screen, LG placed the OLED panel on a silicon wafer substrate rather than a glass or plastic backplane.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
It’s then dipped in yellow icing and topped with white icing swirls and a wafer cookie.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
Banana Puddin’ Pie – an unglazed doughnut filled with banana pudding made with wafers and banana pudding creme, dipped in yellow icing, with white icing swirls and a wafer cookie.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
In this fascinating excerpt from Erik Davis’ book Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium, the journalist theorizes about why blotter proved the ideal carrier for LSD—part communion wafer, part pop-culture collectible, and part stamp granting passage to new realms.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 14 May 2024
China is ramping up twice as fast its exports of solar wafers, a key component.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 May 2024
The Moon Museum The Golden Records aren’t the only testament to human creativity in space — a thumb-sized ceramic wafer, with etched drawings by Andy Warhol and five other prominent artists of the era, was smuggled to the Moon aboard Apollo 12 and left on the lunar surface.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
All three of the donuts are packed with chocolate and creamy wafers, similar to Kit Kats, and are available both in-shop for pickup or delivery on the Krispy Kreme app or website for a limited time starting on Apr. 10.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Krispy Kreme is partnering with Kit Kat on an all-new collection of three doughnuts that will feature creamy chocolate and crispy wafers, the doughnut giant said Wednesday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Verb
This is a horror movie purposefully set up to court both types of viewers, and very much wants to have its communion wafer and eat it, too.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
How To Make Banana Pudding Cheesecake With an impressive ring of vanilla wafers around the edge of the cheesecake, and decadent filling, no one will know how quickly this dessert came together.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
Tips for the Best Banana Pudding Cheesecake For the best banana pudding cheesecake, keep these tips in mind:
Use the crust: Press the crust lightly up the sides of the pan to give the ring of vanilla wafers stability.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
Layer half of vanilla wafers in an 8-inch square baking dish.
—Rebecca Lang, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
The blue-and-white Intel theme is only the start of this nifty mod, which resembles an Intel CPU wafer just off the fab.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 5 June 2023
Instead, the lasers on the wafer are undercut so that they are attached to the source wafer only by small tethers.
—Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
LAM Research, a company that supplies wafer fabrication equipment and related services to the semiconductor industry saw its last stock split in 2020.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 June 2022
Highly energy efficient and often wafer thin, OLEDs are the technology of choice in high-end cellphone displays and televisions.
—New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
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