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cornflake

noun

Etymology

From corn + flake.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flak — “loose or torn piece”
  4. inherited from flacca
  5. inherited from flake — “a flake of snow”
  6. compounded as cornflake — “corn + flake”

Definitions

  1. A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.

  2. Fake.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA