wafer
part of speech
noun (a wafer, wafers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A wafer is a very thin, light, crisp biscuit, often eaten with ice cream or with cream between layers. tree →
2) (church) In many churches, a wafer is a thin, round piece of special bread given at Holy Communion. tree →
3) A wafer is any very thin slice: a wafer of silicon in computer chips. tree →
4) Wafer-thin means extremely thin. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, wafers come with ice cream (a «99» with a wafer in the UK, ice cream wafers) or as chocolate wafer bars. In church lessons, the communion wafer (also called the host in Catholic churches) is bread that Christians believe recalls or becomes the body of Jesus, depending on their church. In science and technology, chips are made on silicon wafers. Phrases: «wafer-thin», «ice cream wafer», «communion wafer».
examples
- I had a strawberry ice cream with two wafers. tree →
- The chocolate wafer bar snapped in half. tree →
- (church) At Mass, the priest gave each person a small round wafer. tree →
- The ham was sliced wafer-thin. tree →
- Computer chips are made on thin silicon wafers. tree →
- Gran keeps pink wafers in the biscuit tin. tree →
note
Countable: a wafer, wafers. Say «WAY-fer». Do not confuse with «waver» (to be unsteady or unsure) — they sound similar. Different churches believe different things about the communion wafer; say «Catholics believe…», «many Protestants believe…».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wafer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.