flakes

Noun

flake (plural flakes)

1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
   • There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.

   Synonyms:

   fleak

2. A scale of a fish or similar animal
3. A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
4. (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
   • She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.
5. A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
6. A flat turn or tier of rope.
   • Admiral: What mean you by flakes?
     Captain: They are only those several circles or rounds of the roapes or cables, that are quoiled up round.1634, Nathaniel Boteler, Boteler's Dialogues

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