flake of snow
11flake — 1. noun /fleɪk/ a) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish. She makes pleasant conversation, but shes kind of a flake when it comes time fo …
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13Flake — may refer to:In food preparation: * Fish flake, a platform for drying cod * Flake (fish), an Australian term for edible flesh of one of several species of shark * Flake (chocolate), a chocolate barIn science: * Lithic flake, a fragment of stone… …
14snow|flake — «SNOH FLAYK», noun. 1. a small, feathery piece of snow. Snowflakes are crystals of frozen water vapor. 2. any one of a group of European plants of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop but larger. 3. = snow bunting. (Cf. ↑snow bunting) …
15flake — Synonyms and related words: aliene, arrange in layers, avalanche, band, bar, bedlamite, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bit, blizzard, blotch, borderline case, character, check, checker, chip, collapse, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, crystal,… …
16flake — flake1 [fleık] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian flak disk ] 1.) a small thin piece that breaks away easily from something else flake of ▪ flakes of snow ▪ chocolate flakes →↑snowflake …
17flake — [[t]fle͟ɪk[/t]] flakes, flaking, flaked 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n, n N A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece. ...flakes of paint... Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall …
18flake — {{11}}flake (n.) thin, flat piece, early 14c., possibly from O.E. *flacca flakes of snow, from O.N. flak loose or torn piece (related to O.N. fla to skin, see FLAY (Cf. flay)), from P.Gmc. *flago (Cf. M.Du. vlac, Du. vlak flat, level, M.H.G …
19snow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, thick ▪ fine, light ▪ The plants were covered in fine snow. ▪ deep ▪ …
20flake — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English flacor flying (of arrows), Old Norse flakna to flake off, split Date: 14th century 1. a small loose mass or bit < flakes of snow > 2. a thin flattened piece or layer ; chip 3. slang …
