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WAFER-LIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wafer-like mean?
• WAFER-LIKE (adjective)
The adjective WAFER-LIKE has 1 sense:
1. resembling a thin crisp wafer
Familiarity information: WAFER-LIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a thin crisp wafer
Similar:
cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)
Context examples
First he took from his bag a mass of what looked like thin, wafer-like biscuit, which was carefully rolled up in a white napkin; next he took out a double-handful of some whitish stuff, like dough or putty.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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