flaking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfleɪkɪŋ/
Adjective
flaking (not comparable)
- Breaking or tending to break into flakes.
- All the flaking paint had to be scraped off before repainting; fortunately, it came off easily.
Noun
flaking (plural flakings)
- A piece of flaked material.
- 1916, Allen Jesse Reynolds, Wilson Straley, The Archaeological Bulletin (volumes 7-9, page 3)
- In a cornfield on one side flakings of flint are numerous.
- 1916, Allen Jesse Reynolds, Wilson Straley, The Archaeological Bulletin (volumes 7-9, page 3)
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