adj
Meaning 1
Very thin, as thin as a wafer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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wafer-thin
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adj
Meaning 2
Extremely marginal or tenuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The President is struggling to maintain his government with only a wafer-thin majority in the lower house.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
very thin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- wafer-thin sheets of metal
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adverb
Meaning 4
very thin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was cut wafer-thin
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