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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old North French
Origin: waufre

wafer

 noun
     
Related topics: Food Dish
wa‧fer [countable]
1DFF a very thin biscuit
2RRC a thin round piece of bread eaten with wine in the Christian communion ceremony
3 a very thin flat piece of a hard substance
wafer of
wafers of silicon
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