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Meanings of flake in English

Portuguese
apara
Catalan
miqueta
Spanish
pizca

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.

apara
Catalan
excèntric
Spanish
geek

A person with an unusual or odd personality.

excèntric
Portuguese
flocodeneve
Catalan
floc
Spanish
copo de nieve

A crystal of snow.

flocodeneve

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.

Synonyms
Examples for "snowflake"
Examples for "snowflake"
1
She said it was the most beautiful snowflake she could ever imagine.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
2
What are the chances a similar snowflake has fallen in Earth's history?
Wired
3
The results are likely to be as unique as, well, a snowflake.
Wired
4
Does she want to be a special snowflake or an ordinary person?
Foxglove Summer
5
The weather is still threatening, and now and then a snowflake falls.
Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian
Usage of flake in English
1
After 10 days, my feet were finally flake free and silky soft.
News.com.au
2
I immediately let go of the flake, and again heard that sound.
Climbing Magazine
3
She smiled at the ticket-chopper and dropped the flake into the box.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
4
He began pressing with the antler along the edge of the flake.
The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone
5
Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off.
A Farewell to Arms
6
Another flake and another fell on the upturned faces of the party.
True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence
7
The interior was dry, as not a single snow-flake had drifted in.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
8
Baron Rothie was a foam-flake of the court of the Prince Regent.
Robert Falconer
9
Boil a whitefish in salted water and flake fine with a fork.
How to Cook Fish
10
The fish is done when it can flake easily with a fork.
Jamaica Observer
11
Now and then a black flake settled past them to the ground.
The Flying U's Last Stand
12
She then fell another 10 feet into the boulders behind the flake.
Rock and Ice Magazine
13
On the one hand we have an acknowledged flake, chancer and gadabout.
The Guardian
14
After drying, remove the skin and bones and flake with a fork.
How to Cook Fish
15
Again a flake comes and says: I am so to be pitied.
Invisible Links
16
Those who thought the Princess a flake will accuse you of hagiography.
The Irish Times
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Translations for flake
Flake through the time
Flake across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common