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flake

[ US /ˈfɫeɪk/ ]
[ UK /flˈe‍ɪk/ ]
VERB
  1. cover with flakes or as if with flakes
  2. form into flakes
    The substances started to flake
  3. come off in flakes or thin small pieces
    The paint in my house is peeling off
NOUN
  1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
    a bit of rock caught him in the eye
  2. a person with an unusual or odd personality
  3. a crystal of snow

How To Use flake In A Sentence

  • A leisurely breakfast - even the motel manager was moaning about the way the Italians "hogged" the muffins this morning and drank cups of milk instead of putting it on their bran flakes! TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
  • Flakes with concavities exhibiting steep, unifacial retouch were used to whittle or plane wood, and flakes displaying spurs were used to incise bone or antler.
  • The rounded flakes, with less surface area to reflect light, lose brilliance.
  • The Blonde had the doracha seekh, a combination of chicken and crab flakes chargrilled in the tandoor oven and served with a piquant mango and avocado chutney, at £7.50.
  • Workers feed them daily a mix of flakes, worms, grasshoppers and freeze-dried shrimp.
  • I looked up at the night sky and snowflakes landed on my face.
  • While I'm walking along the beach and eating handfuls of cornflake sand, I encounter a group of envelopes playing horseshoes. Horseshoe Champion
  • I thought maybe my family would like it too (little did I realize back then just how much my family does not care for Indian food), and so I made it for them, increasing the mustard seeds but massively reducing the pepper flakes for my heat-averse mother (I did not know to sub in paprika then). Tried & True Goan Style Vindaloo
  • For two days it had been snowing, great flakes so plume-like that they seemed almost artificial, making one think of the blizzards which originate high in theatre-flies under the sovereignty of a stage-hand who sweats at his task of controlling the elements. Then I'll Come Back to You
  • Serve with mascarpone and toasted flaked almonds. Times, Sunday Times
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