Flake

Flake

Flake may refer to:

In food preparation:
* Fish flake, a platform for drying cod
* Flake (fish), an Australian term for edible flesh of one of several species of shark
* Flake (chocolate), a chocolate bar

In science:
* Lithic flake, a fragment of stone found in archaeology
* Snowflake, a particle of snow
* Flake tobacco, used in a smoking pipe (tobacco)
* Flakes of dandruff
* Flake, a slang term for cocaine
* Flake (KDE), a software library for KDE

People:
* Jeff Flake, American politician
* Christian "Flake" Lorenz, German musician and member of the band Rammstein

In music:
* Flake, the original name of the band Flake Music, the predecessor of The Shins
* Flake (Australia band), a group formed in 1969, considered part of the third wave of Australian rock
* Flake (Seattle band), an American power pop trio from Seattle, formed in 1992
* "Flake" (song), a song from the 2001 album "Brushfire Fairytales" by Jack Johnson
* "Flakes", a song from the 1979 album "Sheik Yerbouti" by Frank Zappa
* "Flake", an early song from the "Untitled 1995 Demo Tape" by System of a Down

In film and literature:
* "Flakes" (film), a 2007 film with Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel
* "Flakes" (manga), a manga anthology by Naoki Yamamoto
* Flake, a fictional rat in "The Deptford Mouselets" series of novels by Robin Jarvis


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  • Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. {Flag} a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flake — Flake, eine Variante von Flacke, ist der Familienname von Floyd H. Flake (Floyd Harold Flake, * 1945), US amerikanischer Politiker, methodistischer Geistlicher Jeff Flake (* 1962), US amerikanischer Politiker Otto Flake (1880–1963), deutscher… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • flake — flake1 [flāk] n. [ME < Scand, as in Norw flak, ice floe, ON flakna, to flake off < IE * plāg, flat < base * plā > PLAIN1] 1. a small, thin mass [a flake of snow] 2. a thin piece or layer split off or peeled off from anything; chip ☆ 3 …   English World dictionary

  • Flake — Flake, n. [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st {Fake}.] A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable. Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate. F. T. Bullen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flake — модифицированный FLAC кодер, разработанный Джастином Рагглесом (англ. Justin Ruggles) и включённый в состав библиотеки FFmpeg. Даёт лучшую компрессию и скорость кодирования нежели libFLAC. См. также FLAC Ссылки Flake: FLAC encoder (англ.). … …   Википедия

  • flake — flake; flake·less; flake·let; …   English syllables

  • flake — Ⅰ. flake [1] ► NOUN 1) a small, flat, very thin piece of something. 2) N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person. ► VERB 1) come away from a surface in flakes. 2) split into flakes …   English terms dictionary

  • Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.] 1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flake — Flake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaking}.] To form into flakes. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flake — Flake, v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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