flake

  • 61flake tool — noun : a Stone Age tool that is a flake of stone struck off from a larger piece and sometimes retouched compare core tool * * * a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core. [1945 50] * * * flake tool, a… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 62Flake tool — In archaeology a flake tool is a type of stone tool created by striking a flake from a prepared stone core.The flake could be sharpened by retouch to create scrapers or burins.References*Darvill, T (ed.) (2003). Oxford Concise Dictionary of… …

    Wikipedia

  • 63Flake, die — * Die Flake, plur. die n, ein nur in einigen Ober und Niedersächsischen Gegenden bekanntes Wort, eine Art Fischernetze auf größern Seen zu bezeichnen, welche daselbst auch Flöke, Pflöke, Pflocke gesprochen werden. Flök oder Garntücher, in der… …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 64flake off — verb come off in flakes or thin small pieces The paint in my house is peeling off • Syn: ↑peel off, ↑peel, ↑flake • Derivationally related forms: ↑flake (for: ↑flake), ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 65flake tool — noun Date: circa 1947 a Stone Age tool that is a flake of stone struck off from a larger piece called also flake …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 66flake out — PHRASAL VERB If you flake out, you collapse, go to sleep, or totally relax because you are very tired. [INFORMAL] [V P] If he flakes out before I get back, just cover him with a blanket... [V P] Ireland is not for you if you want to flake out on… …

    English dictionary

  • 67flake out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms flake out : present tense I/you/we/they flake out he/she/it flakes out present participle flaking out past tense flaked out past participle flaked out British informal to go to sleep very quickly because you …

    English dictionary

  • 68flake down — in. to go to bed; to go to sleep. □ Look at the time. I gotta go home and flake down. □ After I flake down for about three days, I’ll tell you about my trip …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 69flake white — noun Etymology: flake (II) : white lead selected for whiteness and fine texture especially for artists use * * * flake white, a pigment made from the flakes or scales of pure white lead. * * * n. a pure white pigment made from flakes of white… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 70Flake white — White White, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English