it's thin as a wafer

  • 1Wafer — Wa fer, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[*a]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is probably… …

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  • 2Wafer cake — Wafer Wa fer, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[*a]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is… …

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  • 3Wafer irons — Wafer Wa fer, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[*a]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is… …

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  • 4Wafer tongs — Wafer Wa fer, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[*a]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is… …

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  • 5Wafer woman — Wafer Wa fer, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[*a]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is… …

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  • 6wafer-thin — I adjective very thin wafer thin sheets of metal • Similar to: ↑thin II adverb very thin it was cut wafer thin * * * adj : extremely thin and flat …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7wafer-thin — adjective a) Very thin, as thin as a wafer. The President is struggling to maintain his government with only a wafer thin majority in the lower house. b) A very small difference …

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  • 8wafer — [wā′fər] n. [ME wafre < NormFr waufre < MDu wafel, wafer, WAFFLE1] 1. a) a thin, flat, crisp cracker or cookie b) anything resembling this, as a thin, flat disk of candy 2. a piece of Eucharistic bread, specif., a thin, flat, white,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 9wafer-thin — adj extremely thin ▪ wafer thin chocolates …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10wafer-thin — adjective extremely thin: wafer thin slices of bread …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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