cornflake
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See also: corn flake
English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]cornflake (plural cornflakes )
- A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
- 2009 June 7, David Corcoran, "Ideas That Translate Into Full Local Flavors", in New York Times[1] :
- But the kitchen regained its footing with a juicy pork chop, from a farm in Pennsylvania, with a cornflake crust; catfish (in a departure, from Louisiana) pan roasted, with black-bean-studded rice; and a chicken breast (from Delaware) pan roasted, with balsamic vinegar and a first-rate mozzarella.
Translations
[edit ]cornflake
- Finnish: maissihiutale
- Italian: fiocco di mais m
- Māori: kānga rere
- Polish: płatek kukurydziany m
- Swedish: cornflakes (sv) n, majsflinga (sv) c
- Welsh: creisionen ŷd f
Adjective
[edit ]cornflake (comparative more cornflake, superlative most cornflake)
- (rhyming slang ) Fake.
Further reading
[edit ]- Eric Partridge (2005), "cornflake", in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English , volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 483.
Anagrams
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[edit ]- Hyphenation: corn‧flake
Noun
[edit ]cornflake m or f (plural cornflakes , no diminutive )
- cornflake (mostly used in plural)
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