Flake
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Flake or Flakes may refer to:
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In food preparation:
- Fish flakeFish flakeA fish flake is a platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying cod-fish on the foreshore of fishing villages and small towns in rural Newfoundland, Canada. Spelling variations for fish flake in Newfoundland include flek, fleyke, fleake, flaik and fleack...
, a platform for drying cod - Flake (fish)Flake (fish)Flake is a term used in Australia to indicate the flesh of any of several species of small shark, particularly Gummy shark. The term probably arose in the late 1920s when the large-scale commercial shark fishery off the coast of Victoria was established. Until that time, shark was generally an...
, an Australian term for edible flesh of one of several species of shark - Flake (chocolate bar), a brand of chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury
In science and technology:
- Nanoflake, a novel shape of semiconductor nanostructure
- Lithic flakeLithic flakeIn archaeology, a lithic flake is a "portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure," and may also be referred to as a chip or spall, or collectively as debitage. The objective piece, or the rock being reduced by the removal of flakes, is known as a core. Once the proper...
, a fragment of stone found in archaeology - SnowflakeSnowflakeSnowflakes are conglomerations of frozen ice crystals which fall through the Earth's atmosphere. They begin as snow crystals which develop when microscopic supercooled cloud droplets freeze. Snowflakes come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Complex shapes emerge as the flake moves through...
, a particle of snow - Flake tobacco, used in a smoking pipe
- Flakes of dandruffDandruffDandruff is the shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp . Dandruff is sometimes caused by frequent exposure to extreme heat and cold. As it is normal for skin cells to die and flake off, a small amount of flaking is normal and common; about 487,000 cells/cm2 get released normally after...
- Flake, a slang term for cocaineCocaineCocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
- Flake (KDE)Flake (KDE)Flake is a programming library that is used in Calligra Suite and the KOffice 2 series. Flake provides the basic concept of a “shape”. To the end user a shape appears as some piece of content like an image or a text. A shape can be in any form and contain any kind of media since the Shape is...
, a software library for KDE
People:
- Floyd H. FlakeFloyd H. FlakeFloyd Harold Flake is the senior pastor of the 23,000 member Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and president of Wilberforce University...
(born 1945), A.M.E. minister, university administrator, former U.S. representative - Jeff FlakeJeff FlakeJeffrey Lane "Jeff" Flake is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was featured in the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories....
, 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 (Australian 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)Flake (song)"Flake" is a song written and sung by Jack Johnson. It is Johnson's debut single and was released as the only single from his album Brushfire Fairytales."Flake" features Ben Harper on Weissenborn slide guitar....
, a song from the 2001 album Brushfire Fairytales by Jack Johnson - "Flakes", a song from the 1979 album Sheik YerboutiSheik YerboutiSheik Yerbouti is a double vinyl album by Frank Zappa made up of material recorded in 1977 and 1978. It was first released on March 3 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records and re-issued on compact disc, first in unauthorized form by EMI in 1986 and then by Rykodisc in 1990 and then again in 1995...
by Frank Zappa - "Flake", an early song from the "Untitled 1995 Demo Tape" by System of a DownSystem of a DownSystem of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...
In film and literature:
- Flakes (film)Flakes (film)Flakes is a 2007 American comedy film, directed by Michael Lehmann and starring Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel. This film was written by Chris Poche & Karey Kirkpatrick-Plot:...
, 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 JarvisRobin JarvisRobin Jarvis is a British children's novelist, who writes fantasy novels, often about anthropomorphic rodents and small mammals – especially mice – and Tudor times...
In culture
- Slang for a person who socializes on a glib, superficial level who often feigns an interest in a subject in an attempt to seek social approval.