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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cornflake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
corn-flake
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.

adj

Fake.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From corn + flake.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cornflakes (plural) corn flake (alternative) more cornflake (comparative) most cornflake (superlative)

Questions

What does cornflake mean?
A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
Where does cornflake come from?
From corn + flake.

How to pronounce cornflake

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