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corn flake

corn flake is the alternative form of cornflake.

Meaning of cornflake

Noun

cornflake (plural cornflakes)

  1. A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
    • But the kitchen regained its footing with a juicy pork chop, from a farm in Pennsylvania, with a cornflake crust; catfish (in a departure, from Louisiana) pan roasted, with black-bean-studded rice; and a chicken breast (from Delaware) pan roasted, with balsamic vinegar and a first-rate mozzarella.2009 June 7, David Corcoran, “Ideas That Translate Into Full Local Flavors”, in New York Times

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Forms of corn flake

pluralcorn flakes

Words formed from corn flake

Questions about corn flake

What is corn flake the alternative form of?
Corn flake is the alternative form of cornflake.

Words near corn flake in the dictionary

  1. corn dolly
  2. corn earworm
  3. corn earworms
  4. corn exchange
  5. corn exchanges
  6. corn flake
  7. corn flakes
  8. corn flies
  9. corn fly
  10. corn gallon
  11. corn gallons

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