Flake

Quick meaning: Flake is a noun meaning A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything.

Meaning

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything.

More Meanings

1. A scale of a fish or similar animal
2. (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
3. (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
4. A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
5. A flat turn or tier of rope.
6. (US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
7. A wire rack for drying fish.

Example Sentences

flakes of dandruff

There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.

She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life. And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Word Forms

• flakes
• flaking
• flaked

Synonyms for flake

Depending on context, synonyms include fleak, bit, chip, peel, scrap, snowflake.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chip, scrap, peel, snowflake, bit, kook.

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