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The definition of flake
8 Definitions of: flake
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- noun, a small thin piece or layer chipped off or detached from an object or substance; scale
- noun, a small piece or particle
- noun, a thin layer or stratum
- noun, archaeol a) a fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon. See also blade b) (as modifier)
- noun, slang an eccentric, crazy, or unreliable person
- verb, to peel or cause to peel off in flakes; chip
- verb, to cover or become covered with or as with flakes
- verb, to form into flakes
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- noun, a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce
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- verb, nautical. another word for fake
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- noun, (in Australia) the commercial name for the meat of the gummy shark
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of flake