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Snowflakes are ice flakes.
What does Flakes mean?
Small thin pieces.
Dictionary definition
Small thin pieces; also breaks or peels off in thin pieces.
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Flakes in a sentence
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The dry paint flakes away.
hard
Flakes can be bits of snow, cereal, skin, paint, or other thin pieces.
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Which word is closest in meaning to flakes?
Chips is close in meaning to flakes.
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Chunks contrasts with flakes.
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WordFlakes.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningFlakes means Small thin pieces.
ExampleExample: Snowflakes are ice flakes.
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Synonyms
Words like Flakes
chipsSmall broken pieces.
flakeRelated word that supports the meaning of flakes.
Antonyms
Opposite words
chunksLarge pieces.
opposite ideaA contrasting idea to flakes, depending on context.
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Flakes word family
Base word
flakes
noun
flakeses
More than one flakes.
verb
flakesed
Past form of flakes.
verb
flakesing
Action form of flakes.
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