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flaker

flaker

6.7
A machine that makes thin flakes from grain for cereal
  • noun
  • /ˈfleɪkər/
  • Specialized
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  • The flaker efficiently produced thin flakes of oats for the cereal.

Examples

  • The new flaker at the factory has improved our production of corn flakes.

  • Chief Flaker, sir.

    The Towering Inferno (1974)

  • For breakfast, we used a flaker to create fresh cereal from barley.

Surface Forms

flaker singular
flakers plural

Morphology

flaker = flake (transparent) = flake + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'flake' yields 'a device or person that makes flakes', which is a direct, regular formation.

Etymology

Flaker comes from the word flake, which means a 'thin piece' or small flat bit, plus the ending -er meaning 'one who makes or does'. So a flaker is literally a machine or person that makes thin flakes, like the flakes in breakfast cereal.