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cornflake

cornflake noun: a toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.

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

Adjective

cornflake (comparative more cornflake, superlative most cornflake)

  1. (slang) Fake.

Forms of cornflake

Noun
pluralcornflakes
alternative formcorn flake
Adjective
comparativemore cornflake
superlativemost cornflake

Origin of cornflake

From corn + flake.

Questions about cornflake

What does cornflake mean?
Cornflake means a toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
What part of speech is cornflake?
Cornflake can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of cornflake?
The plural of cornflake is cornflakes.

Words near cornflake in the dictionary

  1. cornfield meet
  2. cornfield meets
  3. cornfields
  4. cornflag
  5. cornflags
  6. cornflake
  7. cornflakes
  8. cornflakey
  9. cornflaky
  10. cornfloor
  11. cornfloors

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