wafer

Questions about wafer

What does wafer mean?

wafer means "a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wafer?

wafer has 2 syllables: wa-fer. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈweɪfɚ/.

Is wafer a common word?

wafer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.