flaking

Etymology

adj

  1. Breaking or tending to break into flakes.
    All the flaking paint had to be scraped off before repainting; fortunately, it came off easily.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of flake

noun

  1. A piece of flaked material.
    In a cornfield on one side flakings of flint are numerous. 1916, Allen Jesse Reynolds, Wilson Straley, The Archaeological Bulletin, volumes 7-9, page 3

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