pressure flaking

noun

: the shaping of a stone implement by pressing off flakes with a pointed stick or bone compare percussion flaking

Word History

Etymology

flaking from gerund of flake

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Rhymes for pressure flaking

• policymaking
• aching
• baking
• braking
• breaking
• caking
• faking
• making
• quaking
• raking
• shaking
• slaking