cornflakes

or corn flakes

[ kawrn-fleyks ]

noun(used with a plural verb)
  1. a packaged breakfast cereal in the form of small toasted flakes made from corn, for serving cold with milk, sugar, etc.

Origin of cornflakes

1
1905–10, Americanism;corn1 + flakes, plural of flake1

Words Nearby cornflakes

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How to use cornflakes in a sentence

  • What was the precise distribution and dampness of each of those soggy cornflakes!

    Double or Nothing | Jack Sharkey
  • It was too much like that old thing that used to puzzle him so at breakfast; the picture of the girl on the box of cornflakes.

    Beginners Luck | Emily Hahn

British Dictionary definitions for cornflakes

cornflakes

/ (ˈkɔːnˌfleɪks) /


pl n
  1. a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc

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