flake
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2.3
- noun
- /fleɪk/
:
copo (de nieve; de cereales)
- Winter had arrived, and thick white flakes gently covered the ground.
- a flake of snow
- corn flakes
- flakes and dust
There's like all kinds of flakes and hairs too.
- There's like all kinds of flakes and hairs too.
- And when you eat it, flakes fall all over the place.
- I have a vanilla swirl, coconut flakes and then I also have nougat.
- Dries clear, no flakes, stiffness or stickiness which no one wants.
- Guys, you are sitting on a gold mine getting excited about little flakes inside some vodka.
- It's not smudging at all like no flake no smudge at all.
- Now let's talk about the Danessa Myrick's Chrome Flakes, Chromatic Flakes.
Examples
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Outside, fat snow flakes are forming on slate roofs.
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And there was dust and glass... and plastic flakes everywhere inside.
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And when you eat it, flakes fall all over the place.
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Dum-dum, there appears to be a tiny flake of something stuck to your ring.
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The snow began to look like flakes of floating ash, as if to mock our aspirations.
Academic text (2008) -
The air is filled with powdery flakes and everyone is yelling and laughing.
Fiction book (1993) -
They love these little strawberry flakes in yogurt.
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The icy wind and stinging flakes of snow blowing down from above didn't help matters any.
Fiction book (1992) -
Cardboard boxes stood in corners, boxes full of bran flakes, beans, and eggs.
Fiction book (1991) -
The chef sprinkled crunchy coconut flakes on top of the dessert.
Synonyms
130
2.1
A small piece broken off an object, often leaving a mark
79
2.8
A small thin sharp piece broken from wood or glass
51
3.9
A very thin small piece cut or broken from something like wood
47
4.9
A sharp broken piece of glass or pottery
39
1.0
A small thin piece of snow that falls from the sky
24
4.3
A very small spot that stands out on a surface
Compounds
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flake comes from an old Norse word flaga that meant a 'flat piece'. So a snowflake or a paint flake is simply a thin, flat little piece that has broken off from something larger.