Flake
Bit of cereal
A flake is a thin, flat piece that has broken or peeled off from something larger: flakes of paint, snowflakes, corn flakes.
To flake is to come off in such pieces: The old paint is flaking.
As slang, a flake is an unreliable person who fails to follow through: Don't count on him—he's a total flake.
The verb flake out means to fall asleep, collapse from exhaustion, or bail on plans.
Small broken-off piece
- shardBroken fragment of something brittle
- sliverThin split-off piece
- pieceA portion or segment
- shavingRemoving hair with blade
scale · splinter · bit · particle · scrap · wafer · lamina · peel
Court-set release payment
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
unpredictable · uncommitted · scatter-brained · no-show · ditzy · spacey · forgetful · fickle
Flaky scalp condition
scale · eczema · psoriasis · exfoliate · dead · itchy · moisturize · dermatitis
Toasted grain breakfast food
bowl · milk · crunchy · grain · toasted · Kellogg's · frosted · wheat
chip
Small broken-off piece
shaving · scale · splinter · bit · particle · scrap · wafer · lamina · peel · layer
bail
Court-set release payment
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
irresponsible · unpredictable · uncommitted · scatter-brained · no-show · ditzy · spacey · forgetful · fickle · careless
dandruff
Flaky scalp condition
shed · scale · eczema · psoriasis · exfoliate · dead · itchy · moisturize · dermatitis · slough
cornflakes
Toasted grain breakfast food
crispy · bowl · milk · crunchy · grain · toasted · Kellogg's · frosted · wheat · rice
frost
Thin ice coating
blizzard · drift · flurry · ice · winter · precipitation · delicate · melt · white · swirl
fish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
tuna · smoked · cured · tender · fillet · boneless · white · moist · delicate · poached
- Australian Sweets
- corn flakesToasted maize cereal
- fatal flawRuinous character defect
- flake outRenege on commitment
- red pepper flakesDried, crushed hot capsicum
- design flawBuilt-in error in planning
- bran flakesBreakfast cereal from husks
flakes, flaked, flaking, flaky, flakiness, snowflake, cornflake, flaw