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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Recent Examples of flake
Elizabeth Denton, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
If travel plans suddenly flake or a long-term goal takes an unexpected turn, don’t overthink it.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Typical pretreatments include sorting (optical sorters separate flakes by color or polymer), shredding/grinding to increase surface area, and washing to remove labels/oils.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
This technology uses a polymer that wraps around each lash to create a tube, which can make lashes look longer and flake less.
—Elizabeth Denton, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
If travel plans suddenly flake or a long-term goal takes an unexpected turn, don’t overthink it.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
The material is washed, processed locally into balls, flakes and/or pellets that meet European industrial standards, and then spun into a high-grade thread, without blending with virgin plastic or chemical additives.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Typical pretreatments include sorting (optical sorters separate flakes by color or polymer), shredding/grinding to increase surface area, and washing to remove labels/oils.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flake
scale
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Fortune has chronicled the growing pressure on companies to either scale back or quietly rebrand DEI programs amid shifting political and cultural winds.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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In their new roles, Bakx and Rotter will lead 885’s sports investment portfolio—encompassing Baller League, Blue Crow Sports Group and the Professional Fighters League—and help identify and scale new investment opportunities across the wider sports ecosystem.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Flake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flake. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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