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Uncommonflake
The correct spelling is flake.
How to pronounce flake
/fleɪk/
nounIPA: /fleɪk/
Say it like: Fla-ke
The correct spelling is flake. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything For example: "There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls."
Usage Examples
“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.”
“The paint flaked off after only a year.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- 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.
- 5.A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
verb
- 1.To break or chip off in a flake.
- 2.To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
- 3.To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
- 4.To hit (another person).
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