wafer

• Nom désignant une fine gaufrette ou un biscuit croustillant, un petit disque adhésif utilisé pour sceller des lettres, ou une fine tranche de pain azyme utilisée dans les rites religieux, notamment l'Eucharistie.

A noun referring to a thin, crisp cake or cookie, a small adhesive disk used for sealing letters, or a thin disk of unleavened bread used in religious services, especially the Eucharist.

1. Sealing diskC1formal

   A small, adhesive disk made of paste, used historically to seal letters or documents.

   pastille de cire à cacheter

   • He moistened the wafer and pressed it onto the envelope flap.
   • The letter was sealed with a red wax wafer.
   • Old documents often show remnants of the sealing wafer.

2. Thin crisp cakeA2formalculinary

   A small, thin, crisp cake or cookie, often eaten as a snack or used in desserts.

   gaufrette

   • She enjoyed a vanilla wafer with her afternoon tea.
   • The ice cream sandwich was made with chocolate wafers.
   • He crumbled a wafer over the pudding for texture.

   Synonymesbiscuitcookie

3. Eucharistic breadB2formal

   A thin disk of unleavened bread used in Christian religious services, especially during the celebration of the Eucharist.

   hostie

   • The priest distributed the consecrated wafer to the congregation.
   • During communion, each person receives a small wafer.
   • The wafer symbolizes the body of Christ in the ritual.

   Synonymeshost