wafer-thin

1. 1.

   very thin

   “wafer-thin sheets of metal”

   Similarthin

1. 1.

   very thin

   “it was cut wafer-thin”

Questions about wafer-thin

What does wafer-thin mean?

wafer-thin means "very thin". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wafer-thin?

wafer-thin has 3 syllables and divides as wa-fer--thin under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.