All flake synonyms
flake
F f verb flake
- peel off — designed to be peeled off from a backing or large sheet, usually of paper, before use; readied for use by peeling off: peel-off labels.
- blister — A blister is a painful swelling on the surface of your skin. Blisters contain a clear liquid and are usually caused by heat or by something repeatedly rubbing your skin.
- trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- chip — Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
- shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- delaminate — to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- crumble — If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- come off — If something comes off, it is successful or effective.
- exfoliate — (of a material) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers.
noun flake
- leaf — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- layer — protocol layer
- slice — a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
- sheet — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
- wafer — a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- disk — a phonograph record.
- lamina — a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- cell — A cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.
- foil — to cover or back with foil.
- membrane — Anatomy. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- sliver — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- pellicle — a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
- lamella — a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
- scab — the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- shaving — the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
- fleck — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- fragment — fragmentation
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- patch — Alexander McCarrell [muh-kar-uh l] /məˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1945, U.S. World War II general.
- peel — to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.