(n.) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
(n.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
(n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.
(v. t.) To seal or close with a wafer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ruling centre-right coalition government of Angela Merkel was dealt a blow by voters in a critical regional election on Sunday after the centre-left opposition secured a wafer-thin victory, setting the scene for a tension-filled national election in the autumn when everything will be up for grabs.
(2) The average thickness of this part of the wall is 1.5 mm (minimum is wafer-thin and maximum is 3 mm).
(3) The following processes were used to create this photosensing architecture: 1) thermomigration of aluminum pads through an n-type silicon wafer; 2) creation of pn-junction photosensors on one side of the wafer; and 3) creation of aluminum pad ohmic contacts to the thermomigrated, through chip interconnects and the substrate on the back side of the wafer.
(4) Thin platelet crystals, densely packed monolayers, and low-density deposits of beef liver catalase were prepared on the surface of silicon wafers and negatively stained with phosphotungstic acid.
(5) In between ranged the caries values of two other tested sweets, wafers and gum drops.
(6) Briefly, devitalized bovine bone wafers, with cells in situ, are fixed, stained with toluidine blue, and then examined by reflected light microscopy.
(7) "The largest impact comes from the energy used in extracting materials [from the Earth] and transporting them, as well as the energy and water used to process components such as silicon wafers," said Taplin.
(8) These glycol ethers are contained in positive photoresists used in the wafer fabrication process.
(9) Bone grafts consisted of cancellous bone, bone blocks, and wafer-type grafts used singly or in combination.
(10) After the package was voted through by a wafer-thin majority, politicians were escorted out of the parliament by police.
(11) Lateral diffusion measurements of L-alpha-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) bilayers supported on oxidized silicon wafers reveal two sharp phase transitions at temperatures similar to those found in multilayer systems with several different techniques.
(12) In this study, T4 bacteriophage virus particles were deposited from solution onto electronic-grade flat silicon wafers and imaged in air with the microscope.
(13) Two kinds of cobalt targets, a wafer type (diameter 8.0 mmxthickness 2.3 mm, 1.1g) and a pellet type (diameter 1.0 mmxlength 1.0mm, 6.9 mg) were used.
(14) Cameron, who warned of "wafer thin" British support for the EU, told EU leaders: "[Jean-Claude Juncker] is the ultimate Brussels insider who has been at the table for the last two decades of decisions.
(15) Partial resection of the distal ulna (wafer resection) has been used to treat patients with symptomatic tears of the triangular fibrocartilage complex or mild ulna impaction syndrome.
(16) Phil Woolas's wafer-thin victory in Oldham East and Saddleworth seat – he won by 103 votes following two recounts – was one of the more surprising results of the 2010 election.
(17) This was a source of trouble for John Major when he had a wafer thin majority between 1992-97.
(18) Square wafers (10 mm X 10 mm X 1 mm) were studied, with the surface sandblasted in one-half of the specimens.
(19) Because of its easy handling the method of quasi-planimetry was further developed and used for direct analysis of enorally obtained wafers of different characteristics.
(20) "For many establishments, working on wafer thin margins and high fixed costs, any restriction in trading hours could tip them into loss," he said.
Waffle
Definition:
(n.) A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.
(n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.
Example Sentences:
(1) Among Williams's targets was David Cameron's "big society", which he suggested was aspirational waffle .
(2) • carteblanchefoodcart.com Miss Kate's Southern Kitchen Miss Kate's Southern Kitchen Photograph: Marina O'Loughlin for the Guardian This folksy cart dishes out Southern comfort food: freshly made mac 'n' cheese, pumpkin-spiced waffles with maple butter, meatloaf and succotash .
(3) At a time when most scientists were still hesitant to speak out, he said the evidence of the greenhouse gas effect was 99% certain, adding "it is time to stop waffling".
(4) Open daily, 12.30pm-3pm and 6pm-midnight; Fri and Sat 5.30pm-1am Dan Doherty, executive chef at 24-hour restaurant the Duck and Waffle Beigel Bake, Brick Lane Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy I’ve just had a kid, so it’s not often enough I find myself in the state, or the area, for Brick Lane’s Beigel Bake.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cameron accused of waffling by English Literature student Giles Fraser: ‘Cameron doesn’t have a higher vision than the price of the pound’ Oh, how the prime minister has demeaned the high calling of his office.
(6) Elections should be between real options, not between leaders who disguise their fear of radicalism with waffle about transformative authenticity, realism and delivering change.
(7) The whole of Australia was pleased when we got rid of Mr Angry and we got Mr Smiley, but now we know what we have got is Mr Waffle,” Albanese told the Nine Network.
(8) And wrong because it was carefully, cynically manufactured to get dullards hot under the collar – and lefty writers like me waffling on about precisely how wrong it is on Comment is free.
(9) But with luck it will do them a massive favour, help to refocus minds and silence the waffle about building for Japan 2019.
(10) Clegg's comeback was pure waffle: regionalisation has worked elsewhere, and we should expect it to work here.
(11) He was depressed, his marriage was collapsing, and one night he wandered into a comedy club and took to the mic, cracking the only joke he could think of, about French farmers, then waffled about his divorce.
(12) Davidson has the best of Boris Johnson – an ability to appeal to voters across the board – without his waffle or sense of entitlement.
(13) I remember my frustration at the early work of Pappy’s Fun Club (couldn’t stand it), Sara Pascoe ( “tapering waffle” , I wrote) and James Acaster ( “man-childish and underpowered” ) – all of whom went on to bona fide comedy greatness.
(14) There is a lot of waffling, none of which seems particularly relevant to Thanet: a question about the minimum wage reveals that only the Green and Labour candidates have any idea what it is.
(15) The only difference is we have had no action, and more waffle.” Record low wage growth is a blow to the government's case for tax reform | Greg Jericho Read more Morrison, the treasurer, said in January he was passionate about addressing bracket creep as it was “one of the things that is holding the Australian economy back”.
(16) Not the Spitzenkandidaten, to be sure – all of whom waffled away in different directions when asked about Ukraine ("We need a lot of dialogue," said Keller.
(17) Another, who declared that she was an English literature student, said: “I know waffling when I see it.” That line secured the biggest round of applause of the evening.
(18) He should have been fired; instead he waffled excitably yesterday, commenting on Murray's win.
(19) Rectangular surface specializations frequently seen near the annulus display a waffle-like texture.
(20) The justice minister, Dominic Raab, who is campaigning for out, said the prime minister faced a “reality check” when he was accused by an audience member of waffling.