flake
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- (countable) A flake is a small, flat piece of something, often broken off something larger.
- London was silent with snow; soft flakes of it dropping evenly into the white streets.
- When your head is dry, white flakes of skin appear on your hair and clothing.
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- (transitive & intransitive) If something flakes, it breaks into small, flat pieces.
- The paint had started to flake off the wall.