flaking
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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.
Verb[edit]
flaking
- present participle and gerund of flake
Noun[edit]
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.