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flaking

adjective as in scaly

noun as in exfoliation

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In between the bursts, the snow is very light and a bit icy as warmer air moving in at high altitudes is starting to partly melt the flakes, which then refreeze as they get closer to the ground.

I usually add pepperoni and finish it with fresh basil, parmesan, and chile flakes.

Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo then topped with your choice of crisp, fresh veggies.”

Some predict the first flakes as early as late Saturday night while others hold off any snow until Sunday afternoon.

Sometimes existing tool kits—containing, for instance, simple cutting and scraping flakes—allowed early humans to exploit new resources and thrive under changing conditions.

From Quartz

But really, you know, we both ought to be talking to Wentworth and flaking after his mother and his liver—and things like that.

One day when the boys were flaking spear points, Fleetfoot turned to Flaker and said, “Do you know who made the first flaker?”

Many of the beautiful daggers, genuine works of art, were finished by a uniform, fine flaking down to the close of the period.

The blade edges are finished by secondary flaking with some fine retouching.

The blade and stem edges were retouched by shallow, regular, pressure flaking.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flaking, such as: branlike, flaky, furfuraceous, lepidote, and scabby.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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