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wafer-thin

American  
[wey-fer-thin] / ˈweɪ fərˈθɪn /

adjective

  1. very thin.

    a wafer-thin slice.


Example Sentences

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This process created a wafer-thin clay template that faithfully captured the animal's outer shape in three dimensions.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

The Heisman Trophy winner and former No. 1 overall pick has spent his adult life in that wafer-thin line at the top, the lofty latitude occupied by the best players in the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

The Fra’ Mani is larger in circumference and sliced wafer-thin.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

I was straddling a wafer-thin allegorical fence: The young man my parents wanted me to be versus who I was becoming.

From Salon • May 12, 2024

But the moat’s waters were ever shifting, concealed only by a wafer-thin skin of frost.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo