flake
Example Sentences
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Its steel surface—unlike a coating that can flake off—is hardened through a process called nitriding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Due to tiny differences in atmospheric conditions, each flake will create a unique pattern.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024
Any while we’re on the subject of flavor, level up your loved one’s spice game with Flatiron Pepper Co.’s chili flake blends.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024
He said digs at the site have turned up about 70 items ranging from flake stones to a rare example of an early ground stone.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024
He was also growing bald for a dragon: He was so old that the scales at the top of his head had begun to flake off and expose the soft, golden skin beneath.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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