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
Heather Bushman, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Frigid temperatures on Wednesday, April 13, and Thursday, April 14, could create the perfect conditions for flakes to harden into small snow pellets known as graupel.
—Hali Smith
april 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 Apr. 2026
Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 19 Dec. 2025
This includes the best barrier creams to slather onto your complexion when the temps drop below freezing (or—sorry to say it—your skin starts to flake).
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2025
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Noun
But the companies' origins began when a pair of feuding Battle Creek, Michigan, brothers stumbled onto a sheet of flakes that would revolutionize breakfast.
—Heather Bushman, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Frigid temperatures on Wednesday, April 13, and Thursday, April 14, could create the perfect conditions for flakes to harden into small snow pellets known as graupel.
—Hali Smith
april 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
Tubing formulas are also less likely to smudge or flake, and this one never does.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 19 Dec. 2025
This includes the best barrier creams to slather onto your complexion when the temps drop below freezing (or—sorry to say it—your skin starts to flake).
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flake
scale
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An entrepreneur can launch and scale with far less infrastructure.—
Bruce Broussard,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, as the industry continues to scale, another concern begins to take shape, centered on the nature of the connection between patient and provider.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Flake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flake. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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