as in chip
a small flat piece separated from a whole
sprinkle the cake with coconut flakes
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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
the lady with all those cats is sweet, but kind of a flake
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Julia Buckley, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
Functional materials, such as carbon nanotubes or graphene flakes, can be mixed into the liquid.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2024
Later, the silencer was returned to the forensics lab, and scientists noticed a piece of tape covered with paint flakes stuck to the barrel.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Jacobsen’s is still hand-sorted at its Oregon factory, where the larger grades are sifted into flake salt and the smaller into kosher.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
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She was also shot doing handstands beside the cheeses, cartwheeling in their presence, and reclining next to a large chunk of parmesan, with tantalizing flakes where it had been hewn off from the reel.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
Functional materials, such as carbon nanotubes or graphene flakes, can be mixed into the liquid.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2024
Later, the silencer was returned to the forensics lab, and scientists noticed a piece of tape covered with paint flakes stuck to the barrel.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Jacobsen’s is still hand-sorted at its Oregon factory, where the larger grades are sifted into flake salt and the smaller into kosher.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 27 July 2024
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“Flake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flake. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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