ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Wafer-thin

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Wafer-thin is an adjective meaning Very thin, as thin as a wafer.

Meaning

Very thin, as thin as a wafer.

More Meanings

  1. Extremely marginal or tenuous.

Example Sentences

The President is struggling to maintain his government with only a wafer-thin majority in the lower house.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waferlike, waferish, wafery, gossamer-thin, waify, paper-thin.

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