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wafer-thin

adjective

Meaning

  1. Very thin, as thin as a wafer.
  2. Extremely marginal or tenuous.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

thin as a wafer(English)waferlike(English)waferish(English)wafery(English)thin as a rail(English)gossamer-thin(English)waify(English)paper-thin(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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