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flakiness

flakiness

1 6.3
Thin crisp layers in pastry that break apart easily
  • noun
  • /ˈfleɪkɪnəs/
: textura hojaldrada
  • This was reflected in the low scores for flakiness, hardness, chewiness, and fibrousness, and a high score for moistness.

My problem with my dandruff and flakiness has just gone away.

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Examples

  • I also folded and rolled it out about 7-8 times for extra flakiness.

    Blog text (15)

  • This helps get rid of flakiness and the next morning you wake up and you have a perfect canvas ready for makeup application.

  • But if your skin has some kind of like dead skin or like flakiness to it, then it kind of makes it look more obvious.

  • My problem with my dandruff and flakiness has just gone away.

    Michelle Choi

  • Flakiness is definitely a sign of good American pie dough, so yes, I suppose it's cultural, but I do prefer my dough that way.

    Blog text (15)

  • The biscuit is the perfect blend of flakiness and, like, moisture.

  • The biscuit is the perfect blend of flakiness and, like, moisture.

  • And because I use prescription strength products, any kind of dryness or occasional flakiness that I still might get is taken care of.

    Wayne Goss

  • No issues, no skin irritation, no redness, no dryness, no flakiness, none of that horrid awful side effects that can happen.

    Wayne Goss

  • Using a good moisturizer can help reduce the flakiness of dry skin during winter.

Synonyms

crumbliness
vsflakiness
1 7.5

How easily something breaks into small pieces

breaks into thin crisp pieces rather than small fragments
friability
vsflakiness
  • Specialized
1 9.9

How easily something breaks into small pieces or powder

breaks into thin crisp pieces rather than powder

Antonyms

solidness
1 3.3

Firmness that resists pressure, like a hard rock

How Flaky

flakiness
1 6.3
crumbliness
1 7.5
firmness
1 3.0

Surface Forms

flakiness singular
flakinesses plural

Morphology

flakiness = flaky (transparent) = flake + y + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'flaky' which in this sense retains the literal physical meaning related to forming flakes.

Etymology

Flakiness comes from the word flake, which means a thin, crisp piece like a 'snowflake'. In baking, good pastry makes many thin layers that break into flakes, so flakiness describes a pastry that is light and breaks into crisp layers.