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Meaning of flake off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To (cause to) come off in flakes.

ambitransitive

Examples

“The apartment felt damp, and the paint on the walls was beginning to flake off.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

flake out flaked flaked down flaked off flaked out flakes