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
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Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Cerebras’ wafer-scale hardware amplifies the effect, delivering throughput of 2,000 tokens per second, compared with the 200 tokens common on NVIDIA’s GPUs.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Tanasia Kenney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
Banana pudding fluff and traditional banana pudding have a lot in common: plenty of banana flavor and banana slices to bite into, nilla wafers that soften in the custard, and creamy vanilla-scented pudding.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
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Noun
If that all sounds like too much sugar, order a single scoop, which is topped with a small vanilla wafer cookie and pairs perfectly with any ice cream.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Cerebras’ wafer-scale hardware amplifies the effect, delivering throughput of 2,000 tokens per second, compared with the 200 tokens common on NVIDIA’s GPUs.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
The dessert — a banana cake baked with banana puree, Nilla wafers and filled with vanilla pudding — was followed up by the seasonal lemon raspberry cake, which returned to menus Monday, July 14.
—Tanasia Kenney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
Banana pudding fluff and traditional banana pudding have a lot in common: plenty of banana flavor and banana slices to bite into, nilla wafers that soften in the custard, and creamy vanilla-scented pudding.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
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“Wafer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wafer. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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