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Flake

/fleɪk/

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

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📖 Definitions of "Flake"

noun

1
A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
"There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls."
2
A scale of a fish or similar animal
3
A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
4
A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
"She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action."

verb

1
To break or chip off in a flake.
"The paint flaked off after only a year."
2
To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
"He said he'd come and help, but he flaked."
3
To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
"The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment."
4
To hit (another person).

🔄 Synonyms of "Flake"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bitnoun	(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
chipnoun	A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
peelnoun	(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
peel offverb	(transitive) To remove (an outer layer or covering, such as clothing).
flake offverb	(ambitransitive) To (cause to) come off in flakes.
flecknoun	A small spot or streak; a speckle.
scrapnoun	(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
snowflakenoun	A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flake"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
flake offverb	(ambitransitive) To (cause to) come off in flakes.
chipnoun	A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
flecknoun	A small spot or streak; a speckle.
scrapnoun	(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
peelnoun	(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
peel offverb	(transitive) To remove (an outer layer or covering, such as clothing).
snowflakenoun	A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
bitnoun	(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
kooknoun	(slang, chiefly US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
oatmealnoun	A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.
crackernoun	A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
cookienoun	(Canada, US, Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
twinkienoun	(food) A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life.
biscuitnoun	(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, rare in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
bisquenoun	A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
cannolinoun	(chiefly in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.
birdienoun	(golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
cleaversnoun	Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
cuckoonoun	Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.
screwballnoun	(US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.