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flakey

flakey

1 4.1
Something that breaks into thin, flat pieces, like old paint or pastry
  • adjective
  • /ˈfleɪki/
  • UK
: hojoso
  • She brushed the flakey pastry with egg wash to give it a golden color.

It's like a cheese straw, flakey, cheesy.

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Examples

  • It's like a cheese straw, flakey, cheesy.

    Good Mythical Morning

  • The pastry chef made a delicious flakey crust for the apple pie.

  • After baking, the bread had a flakey texture that was perfect for topping with butter.

Synonyms

flaky
vsflakey
12 3.2

Breaking into small thin pieces like dried paint or pastry

is the single-word spelling variant of the same sense
crumbly
vsflakey
7 3.0

Easily breaks into small pieces when touched

forms thin flat pieces rather than tiny crumblike bits
friable
vsflakey
  • Specialized
2 8.9

Easily broken into small pieces or powder

describes thin flat pieces that separate as layers not powder
slivery
vsflakey
1 7.7

Having many thin, sharp pieces like small bits of wood that can prick the skin

is about flat thin pieces rather than narrow sharp shards
shattery
vsflakey
1 9.1

Breaks easily into small pieces

is about forming thin flat layers rather than general brittleness
crumply
vsflakey
5.9

Having a crisp, crumbly texture that breaks easily

is about thin flat pieces rather than food crispness

Antonyms

solid
224 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

smooth
224 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Flaky

powdery
10 3.0
crumbly
7 3.0
flakey
  • UK
1 4.1
brittle
33 3.9
smooth
224 1.0

Surface Forms

flakey positive
flakier comparative
flakiest superlative

Morphology

flakey = flake (transparent) = flake + y

Adjective formed by the productive suffix -y from the noun 'flake'; meaning directly describes something that forms flakes.

Etymology

Flakey comes from the simple word flake, which means a 'thin, flat piece' that can come off a surface. So flakey describes something that easily breaks into little thin pieces or has a surface of flakes.