| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scale, peel |
Synonyms: |
cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel off |
Synonyms: |
blister, chip, delaminate, desquamate, drop, exfoliate, pare, scab, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, wear away |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
Synonyms: |
atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
Synonyms: |
dent, flake, fragment, gobbet, nick, notch, paring, part, scrap, scratch, shaving, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
Synonyms: |
break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crack off, crumble, cut away, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hackle, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snick, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle |
| Main Entry: | dandruff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scurf |
Synonyms: |
flakes, seborrhea |
| Main Entry: | dust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny particles in the air |
Synonyms: |
ashes, cinders, dirt, dust bunnies, earth, filth, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, grime, grit, ground, lint, loess, powder, refuse, sand, smut, soil, soot |
| Main Entry: | kook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eccentric person |
Synonyms: |
crackpot, crank, crazy*, dingbat, flake, fruitcake, lamebrain, lunatic, nut, screwball, wacko, weirdo |
| Main Entry: | laminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with veneer |
Synonyms: |
coat, exfoliate, face, flake, foil, foliate, layer, overlayer, plate, separate, split, stratify, veneer |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, mad |
Synonyms: |
crackpot, crank, cuckoo, demoniac, flake, fruitcake, kook, lamebrain, loon, maniac, neurotic, nut*, paranoid, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, scatterbrain, schizophrenic, sociopathic |
Antonyms: |
sane |